Her head ached from the nape of her neck to her cranium. Her mouth felt gummy, her limbs were painfully stiff. Mirek’s hand was on her left breast. Carefully she placed it on her thigh. She felt him move and then he settled again and his breathing resumed a deep rhythm. She flexed her muscles one...
He lowered the binoculars, turned to Rambahadur beside him and said, “You’re sure he’s within four hundred yards, to the southeast?” “Yes,” the Gurkha answered. “Can you see him?” “Yes. But I know where to look.” It was late afternoon and the two men were sitting cross-legged on the roof of the h...
Grenades and a small transceiver hung from webbing on his chest, and he held a Sterling submachine gun. He leaned against the stone wall breathing deeply, steadying himself after the sprint across the open ground to the two-storied building. Ready now, he inched toward the corner. He knew that ar...
-Creasey 05 - Message From Hell Chapter 36 It was a new acquisition and Connie Crum was very proud of it. It arrived from Bangkok early in the morning and sat on the table like something out of the next century. Even the placid faces of her two female bodyguards were animated with interest as she...
Quinnell Chapter 45 The Commissioner of Police surveyed Inspector Lau Ming Lan through his thick spectacles and commented, "You should have asked my permission." Inspector Lau looked back through his own thick spectacles and answered, "You would not have given me permission." The Commissioner's v...
Quinnell Chapter 69 Creasy needed to talk. It was something very rare in his life; he had nearly always been able to commune with himself. He considered unburdening his thoughts a kind of weakness. He sat at a place which was one of his most favourite spots, the terrace of the Pensione Splendide,...