The Bungalow
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The Bungalow-1
Chapter 1 “Your two ash trees. They’re very close to the wall. Thought maybe you’d like me to sort them out, like…” Hawke didn’t reply. He just let...
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The Bungalow-2
Continued from Chapter 1: The Bungalow-1 | ABCtales Chapter 2 Hawke put the gun back inside the whisky box, checking to see that the ammo was still...
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The Bungalow-3
Continued from Chapter 2: The Bungalow-2 | ABCtales Hawke invited the policewoman in for a cup of tea – he didn’t want to sound unhelpful – but was...
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The Bungalow-4
Continued from Chapter 3: The Bungalow-3 | ABCtales “You’re looking bright and breezy, all things considered. Harrow was good, then?” “Oh yeah. I had...
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The Bungalow-5
Continued from Chapter 4: The Bungalow-4 | ABCtales Hawke sat in an aisle seat. Normally, he preferred the window, so he could look out at the tracks...
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The Bungalow-6
Continued from Chapter 5: The Bungalow-5 | ABCtales It was getting on for dusk by the time Hawke gained the end of Church Lane; the session at the...
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The Bungalow-7
Continued from Chapter 6: The Bungalow-6 | ABCtales Hawke tapped on the back door of No. 49A. Hales looked up from the kitchen worktop and motioned...
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The Bungalow-8
Continued from Chapter 7: The Bungalow-7 | ABCtales It had been a more than usually trying day. The detective had called again, this time in the...
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The Bungalow-9 & 10
Continued from Chapter 8: The Bungalow-8 | ABCtales Chapter 9 Hawke had been to the police station in Caterham to answer a few questions.. A...
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The Bungalow-11
Continued from Chapter 10: The Bungalow-9 & 10 | ABCtales “I’m not being racist. I’m merely pointing out some of the more glaring deficiencies in...
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The Bungalow-12
Continued from Chapter 11: “Northern Ireland security – that could be a very lucrative field.” Was there a tiny pause before he said ‘field’? Hawke...
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The Bungalow-13
Continued from Chapter 12 Hawke reached over the punch the off switch on the bleeping alarm clock, then stopped himself. It would be a bit...
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The Bungalow-14
Continued from Chapter 13: The Bungalow-13 | ABCtales If there was one form of stupidity Hawke hated, it was the stupidity of inanimate objects. He...
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The Bungalow-15
Continued from Chapter 14: The Bungalow-14 | ABCtales “There’s no need to tell me that you’re going out for a pint of milk,” said Detective Rees,...
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The Bungalow-16
Continued from Chapter 15: The Bungalow-15 | ABCtales “Do you normally buy your milk in, er…” Detective Rees looked down at his tablet – “Capple...
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The Bungalow-17
Continued from Chapter 16: The Bungalow-16 | ABCtales Chapter 17 “Closure?” said Razor Roy. “What’s closure?” “You know – knowing what happened. To...
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The Bungalow-18
Continued from Chapter 17: The Bungalow-17 | ABCtales “Well, I did what you wanted me to do, Budgie. Went to the AA meeting.” “And you got yourself...
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The Bungalow-19
Continued from Chapter 18: The Bungalow-18 | ABCtales Hawke typed ‘Karakoram Highway’ and ‘cycling’ into Google. Quite a few entries popped up;...
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The Bungalow-20
Continued from Chapter 19: The Bungalow-19 | ABCtales Hawke was on the computer in his study, again. He had the Home Service (that was what his...
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The Bungalow-21
Continued from Chapter 20: The Bungalow-20 | ABCtales Chapter 21 It was no golden evening Clouds ramped up against the ridge of the hill. Crows...
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The Bungalow-22
Continued from Chapter 21: The Bungalow-21 | ABCtales Chapter 22 They’d agreed to meet at 11.30 in the woods off Pilgrims Way, the same place where’d...
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The Bungalow-23
Continued from Chapter 22: The Bungalow-22 | ABCtales ‘Theatre, pure theatre.” The old man pronounced the word with an upper-class drawl – ‘the-ar-...
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The Bungalow-24
Continued from Chapter 23: The Bungalow-23 | ABCtales Chapter 24 He rounded the hairpin bend on Hilltop Lane, then swooped down the hill, past the...
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The Bungalow-25
Continued from Chapter 24: The Bungalow-24 | ABCtales ‘Detective Stephen Roos flipped through the ring-bound reporter’s notebook. It had been handed...
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The Bungalow-26
Continued from Chapter 25: The Bungalow-25 | ABCtales Hawke settled into his seat on the Dublin to Belfast Enterprise Express, trying to ease the...
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The Bungalow-27
Continued from Chapter 26: The Bungalow-26 | ABCtales Hawke got to McGongall’s just after noon, nearly an hour before the time. The third snug from...
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