Tuesday 17th May 2016, LO - To write a paragraph in the style of the author.
A leg of Lamb
The thunder rumbled, the lightning crackled, the bolts betwixt the flames of murder. Mary released her grip and the leg of lamb fell adjacent to her husband's smashed wine glass. She smiled, the blood dripped non-stop. The tiny fragments of glass looked like ripples of water.
Mildew grew between the walls, she lifted the latch locking the window away, the square, double-glazed window opened.Mary flung the lamb out the window alongside the poisoned bottle of whisky, the yellow drink swirled and the ice cubes had melted, she dragged the corpse to the window, the blood dripped. PIT! PAT! PIT! PAT! With all her strength she tossed the body out the window, she saw her husband fall from the great height of their house upon the hilltop. The eagles screeched, the wisps of fire danced in the gusts of wind, the smoke rose higher and higher, the room was shrouded in darkness!
Mary phoned the police, minutes later they arrived. The police made a thorough investigation, they took samples of the blood and questioned Mary. She made some coffee for the investigators. Suddenly the men began to suspect that Mary Maloney was a suspect involved in this act of crime. Before handing the full cups of coffee, she poured a sleeping pill into the cups. She handed the coffee with a grim smirk.
They began to speak while sipping large amounts of coffee every second, their voices began to drown and she ran out the house with a lit candle. She began to burn the mahogany house; within seconds, the house was devoured by flames, her eyes widened.
She had burned all the evidence...