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<b>CHAPTER ONE</b><br><b> </b><br><b> </b><br>Olwen was in Wicked Wine, buying gin. She understood from Rupert whose shop it was that these days ‘wicked’ meant smart or cool, not evil, just as ‘gay’ in some circles was starting to signify bad or nasty. She didn’t much care, though she wondered why a shop which sold beer and spirits and Coca-Cola and orange juice advertised itself as purveying only wine. Rupert said, ‘That’s the way it is,’ as if this explained everything.<br> <br>She bought three bottles of the cheap kind. Bombay Sapphire came expensive if you consumed as much of it as she did. Gin was her favourite, though she had no objection to vodka. Purely for variety’s sake, she had tried rum but rum was vile if you drank it neat and she couldn’t stomach orange juice or, God forbid, blackcurrant.<br> <br>‘Can you manage,’ said Rupert, ‘or do you want me to do you a double bag?’<br> <br>‘Not really.’<br> <br>‘Your neighbour, Stuart, is it, don’t-know-his-other-name was in here this morning stocking up on champers. Having a party? I said, and he said it was a house-warming, though he’s been here for months, and he was inviting all the other folk in Lichfield House.’<br> <br>Olw
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- Author
- Rendell, Ruth, 1930-2015
- Publisher
- Random House Canada Ltd
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780385668880
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.29 / 5 (1,372 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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