He caught disjointed bits of conversation, but none of it made any sense. He was not sure that the words being spoken were in English, though he had a vague sense of comprehending what was being said even as it slipped out of his memory. Each time it happened, he knew that it would not last. Brie...
Maddock leaped out of the car and hit the ground at a near run, stopping only to pay their admission fee before hurrying up the hill toward the main building. Mount Vernon stood atop a long, gently sloping hill. The sun gleamed on its white boards, red roof, and high cupol...
It had been a frustrating search. The American, who had been put in charge of this mission, had said that they were looking for “instructions” and that he would know it when he found it. The man’s face had contorted with rage when they had opened the Shrine of the Three Kings and found only those...
They were moving in low, almost skimming the water, probably to avoid radar detection. As they got closer, Dane could see that they were a motley assortment, different makes and vintages with no uniformity in terms of paint scheme and no visible identifying markings. One bird looked like a Bell 2...
Dee’s summer house had once stood. Jade, who had traded in her normal working attire for a pair of light cotton slacks and a loose fitting silk blouse, waited there gazing out at the peaceful water of the Thames. She watched scullers darting across the river channel like water skippers, thinking ...
He waited at the edge of the swamp, impatience battling with eagerness. More than once he considered putting on dive gear and going in himself, but that would not do. He was in charge and needed to act like it. He consulted his watch for at least the tenth time. What was k...
Something was bothering him—a feeling that he was right on the verge of making a connection. But what? He was sure it was important, if only he could put a finger on just what it was. Turnin back to look at Lowther Lodge, his eyes fell on the entrance and the bust next to the door. And it struck ...
Maddock froze in place as he stared at a recessed panel exposed when the eagle slid aside in the stone disc. He and Bones both shined their torches on it while Leopov swept hers in the opposite direction to see if anything had been triggered there. After a minute, when nothing had happened that t...