Tom Crowley
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390 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2020
last heard Dec 2020
Tom Crowley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Watchful.
And a hint of something a touch more violent behind his eyes.
He wasn't doing anything in particular, just sitting at the bar.
I said to myself, are you watching closely?
Because if that guy's not Sol Rafle, I'll eat my hat.
Ten minutes later, I was wondering whether I should start with the brim or the bowl.
Still didn't know who the blonde man in the dark suit was, but he wasn't sans reflet that much I was sure of.
I hadn't exactly asked, mind you.
I hadn't gone, Oh, pardon me, sir, if it's not too much trouble, might one ask if you are that terrifying figurehead of the criminal underworld, the man without reflection?
Doing that would be a good way to find out what's behind that black door the kid got dragged through.
No, you sort of ask around the subject, say the right words, let them know you're in the know, without ever saying you're in the know.
It wasn't my finest moment, but I think I managed to keep my composure as I scurried away in profound embarrassment.
Forget getting out of Paris, at that moment I just wanted to drown myself in my triple vodka.
Or maybe in the glass of Pinot Grigio the bartender had just put down in front of me.
I looked up at him and he pointed off towards one of the tables.
Compliments of the lady, he said.
As I made my way back towards the corner where the young woman in the green dress was still sitting, I took a moment to reflect on what a sodding idiot I am.
Sans reflet, the woman without reflection.
I looked at her properly this time and forced down the lump in my throat.
She'd seemed so ordinary when I'd walked in, but now, now I could see the calluses on her hands, the hard edges on her face, the faint scar running down her jaw.
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