Status Updates From Gently Where the Roads Go

‘I know a lot about killers,’ Gently said. ‘They’re lonely people, they daren’t trust anyone. And so they’re never to be trusted. Once a man goes through that gate he leaves all common claim behind him. His way back leads by the gallows or by what penalty the law provides. Until then he acts humanity like a wolf in a sheepskin. But he doesn’t have it. He’s an exile. When the wind blows on him, he’ll kill again.

‘The ancillary trades,’ Withers said. ‘But never mention it in their hearing. The word means a female slave, you know, and there’d be a riot if someone told them.’

It seems a bit lame that the woman won't give an answer to Gently's question at this point. It's feeling not realistic, more like a forced tactic to prolong suspense.

We'll see tho.

I guess this violent confusion is most likely the main climax underway, although there's one sixth of the book left. I thinnnnk there's often been a good bit of wrap-up in these Gently books.

Liking it fine so far. The stylistic affectations of this one aren't bothering me like the last one's.

I think I may have seen this one, but not sure, the story is familiar.