The Dangerous Counterpart

The Dangerous Counterpart

Author: Claire Dunlevy Listening Length: 11h 12m
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Season Seven of Universe Below has been announced, and Eloise Silver, until now known mainly for an Australian soap opera and a run of ice-cream commercials, is promoted to the lead. Her sharpest credit remains a prime-time performance as the wife of a real-life mob boss. Estella Grant is no longer only that wife: afte...

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A year ago, maybe even two, Estella would have second guessed herself. She’d have told herself she was jumping at shadows, given herself a beat to process the information, listened again to be sure. If she’d done that now, they’d both be dead.

It only took one barely audible click from somewhere on the other side of that door for Estella to act, even with alcohol dulling her senses.

In barely a second, Estella had turned the room to darkness, hushed Ellie, and pulled them both to the window, wrenching the curtain tie loose to cover them both. For a few beats there was silence.

Estella listened acutely, every single nerve in her body jangling.