Darcourt

That's what Simon should have been worrying about too, but instead he was still bouncing their discussion around his mind, the words 'Simon Darcourt' continuing to echo in May's fake - but-improving Scouse accent.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

One of the bad guys asked Darcourt if they should machine-gun them before they left.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

Ash had been wrestling for a few days with the part about Darcourt also not being quite as late as was erringly suggested by events such as his funeral, so it could have been that he was all out of astonishment.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

Personnel: there's Darcourt, callin 'himself Mercury.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

When Darcourt decides it's showtime, they'll pull back inside the mountain, where they'll be plannin 'to wait out the big flood until it's time to leave on their speedboats.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

If MacDonald is the target, Darcourt could be planning something for the Highland Games.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

It came from Darcourt, obviously, and he revelled in that mysterious, brooding edge it suggested, but for the rest of us it was more a reference to his general state of mind.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

So Ash told her, recounting all he knew about Darcourt, from their first meeting as students to what he'd learned from Alison McRae earlier that same day.

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

If Darcourt thinks everything's hunky - dory, at least that gives us - '

A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001

Darcourt, winner of the WPT Bucharest, re-raised to 1,200.

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