An international thriller set at the time of the arab israeli conflict in 1974.
When Patrick Braun's nameappears on an IRA suspect list, he come to the attention of three services. MI6 in London, Mossad in Tel Aviv and the PLO in Damascus.
The action moves swiftly between London, Bahrain, Cyprus, Lebanon,Damascus and Tel Aviv. with an explosive finish and a devious twist in the tail.
Excerpt
Chapter One
London. March 1973.
Hyde Park was cold. Low scudding clouds held
the threat of rain and a chill wind whipped the
Serpentine into small wavelets. Ducks and geese
bobbed about as they squabbled for scraps of stale
bread thrown by a small child. A young Nanny held the
child’s collar to prevent her falling in as she laughed
and squealed at the antics of the birds.
A short distance away, a city gent sat perusing his
Times crossword. The paper was neatly folded in the
manner that only a seasoned commuter ever achieves.
He wore a black topcoat, the Astrakhan collar turned up
against the wind. He smiled to himself as he glanced at
the scene.
All too soon the bread was gone. The birds scattered as
the Nanny gently pulled the reluctant child away. He
nodded as they passed.
"A charming child." he said.
"Thank you," the Nanny replied. "Mind you, she can be
a bit of a handful when she wants to be."
The man rose, neatly folding his paper.
He inclined his head to the Nanny and ruffled the
child’s fair hair.
"Good-bye young lady." He said, "Thank you for
making my morning such a pleasant one." With that he
turned and walked off briskly towards Hyde Park
Corner. At the end of the lake, the path divided.
He paused, dropped his paper into a waste bin and
walked briskly on without a backward glance.
The Nanny settled her young charge into the
pushchair and followed. At the corner, she paused and
gave a quick glance around. The park seemed deserted.
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Seeing no one, she picked the paper out of the bin,
tucked it into the waterproof cover of the pushchair and
walked on across the park towards the Bayswater Road.
On leaving the park it started to drizzle. Stopping
the Nanny pulled up the child’s hood and hurried on.
The traffic was light, as they crossed towards
Clarendon Place. She barely noticed the large black
Sedan that pulled out of the main stream of traffic and
swerved towards her. Instinctively, she pushed the child
to safety as the car slammed into her. The girl was lifted
high in the air and thrown back into the gutter. There
was an audible crack as her head hit the raised kerb.
The child screamed as the pushchair collided with the
centre island and tipped her into the road. The car
rushed on and was soon lost in the maze of traffic
heading out of town.
People crowded around where the girl lay in the
gutter, her hair splayed out across the pavement. A dark
trickle of blood ran from her open mouth into the rain
filled gutter. She was dead.
No one noticed the short dark man in a tan
raincoat. Picking up the newspaper from where it lay in
the road, he straightened it, shook off the surplus water
and placed it carefully into his pocket.
After a casual glance at the dead girl, he turned, crossed
the Bayswater Road, and walked slowly away.
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