The mouse crawling between the walls

"Ted wrote his first children's book. Called The Mouse Crawling Between the Walls, it was very nearly not published; at first glance, it appeared to be one of those children's books that are of dubious appeal to parents and memorable to children only because children remember being frightened."⎯John Irving, A Widow For One Year

A bicycle, a woman, and a hidden mouse crawling between the bricks in a dark alley in Manhattan.