They’d trusted me to look after Jamie. To keep him out of trouble. You couldn’t get any deeper in trouble than a vicious killing and, one way or another, he was up to his neck in this one. At the same time, part of my brain just couldn’t accept that he had actually done the deed himself. I remem...
Not that I thought Jim Whitmarsh would be in any hurry to report the car as taken. Mind you, we wouldn’t have lasted the first ten seconds in a traffic stop. The Taurus had a beige interior and my nervous hands had left bloody prints all over the rim of the steering wheel. It looked like I’d gut...
A phone call on the way back had Madeleine arranging seats for the three of us on the first available return flight to New York, but it didn’t leave until the following morning so there was nothing we could do except sit tight overnight. I called ahead to warn my mother of the schedule. The conve...
As I slipped into the tiny lobby area, I halted briefly, eyes closed, listening to the quality of silence around me. After a moment, I turned away from the external door. I knew the security patrols had the area immediately surrounding the compound covered during the night...
MacMillan said grimly, “that you'd better start at the beginning and this time, tell me everything.” We'd moved from the club proper to the manager's office where I'd set my abortive trap for Angelo. Len had been carted away, still yelling, but Marc had been handcuffed and brought with us. After...
‘But as our housekeeper, Jasna, explained to you, I’m afraid our daughter is not here at present. And as for your … suggestion that you will go to the police, I’ve already spoken to their chief today – he’s a friend of the family – regarding the Eisenbergs’ tragic loss. So, you see, I really can’...
I sat up abruptly on a raft of tangled bedclothes, and shivered at the rapid cooling effect of the sweat on my goosebumped skin. It was a long time since I’d been hit by the nightmares, to the point where I even thought they’d gone away completely. I should have known my luck wasn’t that good. ...
I spun round without caution from slamming the outer door shut behind me and my momentum nearly sent both of us sprawling. On a reflex, I grabbed at their jacket. It was only when we’d steadied that I realised who it was I’d got hold of. “McKenna?” I said, my voice sharp and incredulous. “What ...
Even for Sean, he was much too quiet. Sean Meyer was quiet on many different planes. His hands and body were always quiet unless there was something to engage them. It made his actions all the more intense. Even back when he’d been one of the most feared sergeants on the Special Forces training c...