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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When Estella’s message finally came, Ellie almost jumped out of her skin. Three days was about the shortest they’d gone without seeing each other, but it was a hell of a long time to wait to find out if you’d accidentally killed a man. She was furious.

The message, as usual, was completely impersonal, just a time and a place, not so much as a goddamned it’s fine, he’s alive smiley-face emoji.

Ellie immediately pressed call on the number she was texted from, only to get nothing but a disembodied voice telling her the number you have dialled does not exist. She yelled out loud and threw her phone at the couch.

All she could do was wait.