В Thicker Than Water, каждое ново открывается шрамом более глубокой связи между людьми. Главные герои — это два близнеца, чья жизнь разбита одной коварной встречей. Начинается с простых моментов и остается неизменным мрачно-сюрреалистическим тоном, привлекающим внимание и заставляющим ждать следующего шага....
‘What I mean is, I just look at things from one angle. And your angle is going to be different because . . .’
‘Because?’
‘Because I’m a tough, hard-bitten, cynical London cop and you’re an angel of mercy.’
Nurse Ryall grinned at me. ‘You think they’ll give us our own TV series?’ she asked.
‘Bound to.’
‘Well, I only know what I saw when I was putting the dressings on, but I was thinking the angles are all weird. Did you think that?’
‘You first,’ I said, ‘then me. What do you mean by weird?’
She shrugged, looking away into the corner of the room as she consulted her memory.
I nodded encouragement, as though she was echoing my very thoughts. ‘Say he was struggling to get away, though,’ I suggested.
‘Maybe,’ Petra allowed, but she sounded doubtful. ‘I don’t know. There was something else, you know? Well, of course you know. If I’m talking rubbish, just tell me.’
‘Go on,’ I said.
‘Well, some of these cuts were really two cuts. The razor had hit the same place twice. You can tell because there’s different lines - different incisions - that overlap each other.
‘Perfect sense,’ I assured her. ‘Evidence, inference, conclusion. You’d make a good detective.’
She seemed to appreciate the compliment. ‘So are they connected?’ she asked, waggling her finger to indicate Kenny and the room’s other occupant.
I was momentarily thrown. ‘Why would you assume that?’ I asked, temporising.
My surprise must have shown on my face.
‘No, absolutely,’ I agreed as she faltered into silence. ‘We haven’t discounted that possibility at all. I’m just impressed that you made the connection.
