Mum's Monday: The Cover Up by Marnie Riches Part two (Cut Dead Some years before)

I know ‘Cut and Shut’ are really dangerous and should not be done and I cannot condone this illegal activity, but what I do find amusing and only in the nature of this short story, and it is not that Lev is in trouble with the wrong people, it is however, that Lev seems to have a part from the wrong car. An image springs to mind of a back end of one sort of car attached to the front end of another type of car in some sort of mismatched set up like a child's drawing or a challenger from a TV show.

I like how resourceful Gloria is in tending to Lev’s wound ‘Sticky tape’ this part, to me, is confusing as it could literally be tape, but it could be surgical tape, however, I would have thought it would have been more specific if it was that. I like to think it was, as described,   ‘Sticky tape’. That is funnier to think about. Now ‘Cut and shut’ people, throws’ up a whole new, different weird image. This is clever and imaginative.

Well we all would want the best for our children, but sadly, I can see it being really awkward, the thought, a gangster’s daughter wanting to be a ‘Lawyer’. Of all the career paths, this is unpopular and gets me thinking about a ‘Them and us’ scenario, and Conky really should have kept quiet.

I like why/how Sheila’s cleaning business was set up. This shows that Sheila is resourceful, determined and stronger than she thinks sometimes. I now don’t agree with how the cleaning business is being started. However, it is to be expected by the nature of this story.

When I see the title of this short story part of The Cover Up being called Cut Dead, I didn’t take much notice of it as I was eager to read more about the characters in the main initial book. Now I am reading this short story. The title doesn’t fit the story until the end and then it is only a flimsy connection, this story should have a different, more fitting title. I do agree with the idea of a short story relating more about the characters but some of it seemed repetitive of the main story. Overall I feel that although meant as a short story it could have been a little longer with a different title and still could have been classed as to what the story was meant to achieve/do.