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'Rattled', a novel by Lisa Harrington
The blood formed a pool on the floor, surrounded by a kind of circular splatter design. It was like a preschool painting, the ones with the drops of paint squished between a folded piece of paper. There always seemed to be a big glob in the middle. The blood looked just like that.
Flickering through the kitchen, the rotating light from the ambulance made it feel more like a disco than a crime scene. Two officers leaned against the counter talking quietly, taking notes.
The knife had spun, propeller style, across the floor to rest in front of the fridge. It was now considered evidence.
Outside, pyjama-clad neighbours lined the street, shaking their heads in disbelief. Things like this just didn’t happen around here, not in this neighbourhood. At least they didn’t before the Swickers moved in.
- An excerpt from ‘Rattled’.
