Sabastian Blickensderfer said to his German attorney, seated across the table from him in a private dining room. He was a calm man, handsome, blond, with blue eyes and an unmistakable air of importance. “A man who takes the fight to the Russians in Turkey does not go skiing alone in Malbun.” &nbs...
The assassination of Chief Juan Guerrero days before had been only the first step in Hector Ruvalcaba’s plan to move back into the city. As expected, Juan’s younger brother, Diego, had taken over as de facto chief of police, and though he was weaker than Juan, city officials were determined to su...
The director was obviously somewhat surprised to see Pope sitting before Webb’s desk, but that didn’t deter him. “What the hell happened at the ransom drop, Cletus? And why the hell am I having to come find you again? The old man just reamed my ass over the phone because I didn’t have a goddamn a...
He froze in place, and the Russian moved up against his back, sliding his arm forward over Gil’s shoulder with his index finger pointing straight ahead. At first Gil couldn’t figure out what the hell he was pointing at. All he saw in the gray-black field of the night vision goggles were more tree...
Doc, the team’s Mexican American corpsman, was more concerned over the fact that Speed had gone into shock than he was by the loss of blood. “It’s gonna be close,” he said to Gil. “Shock can be a bitch.” Gil had seen men in worse condition pull thro...