The Sleeper
“‘We do seem, literally, to be heading down the pan.’‘This was the last thing Lara and Guy did together. Well, nearly. I know things have moved on, but we have to check it out.’‘We don’t have to. But we will. It’s a bit intriguing. I mean, why the hell, of all the places around here …’The doorman was watching us from a couple of steps down.‘We booked,’ I told him, realising that I had to take charge. ‘Iris Roebuck. Two people.’‘Sure.’ He had dimples in his cheeks when he smiled. ‘You have a grea...t evening, now.’As soon as we reached the bottom of the staircase, I saw that it was going to be fine: this place was nowhere near as weird as I had expected it to be. It was a tiny bar, with mirrored walls disguising exactly how small it actually was. Six tables were crammed into the small space, three high ones with bar stools and three normal-sized ones. All of them were occupied by a clientele that looked like the least threatening crowd in the whole of central London.MoreLess
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