A Spy in the Shadows (Spy Noir Series Book 1) by Randy Grigsby

Author:Randy Grigsby [Grigsby, Randy]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Randy Grigsby
Published: 2013-04-08T23:00:00+00:00

-Seventeen-

Berlin. On the Unter den Linden, opposite Brandenburg Gate.

The Hotel Adlon, one of the most famous hotels in Europe with its classic-conservative gray walls, was located in the heart of the government quarter only blocks from the Chancellery. Built in 1907 by Lorenz Adlon, a successful wine merchant, it had played the role of significant host between the two world wars. Before the second war the Adlon was known as ‘little Switzerland’ because so many diplomats conducted their business at the grand hotel. Charlie Chapin and Josephine Baker had stayed at the Adlon. Herbert Hoover, ex-president of the United States, insisted the hotel be his home during his visit in Berlin. It was also where SS Brigadefuhrer Schellenberg handled his tryst with Reinhard Heydrich’s widow. So, it was natural that if the Gestapo were following him, which was beginning to happen more often these days, if by chance Schellenberg appeared in his Audi on a rainy afternoon then the secret police would consider it nothing more than another rendezvous with the tall blonde.

At precisely three o’clock on the afternoon of 30 November, Theodor Richter knocked on the door of room 323. He had arrived back at his apartment from the hunting trip in the forest the night before. Shortly after he had received a phone call to make himself available for a meeting with the SS Brigadefuhrer.

“Enter.”

Richter opened the door finding Schellenberg sitting in an armchair in front of a writing desk by the window. He was strangely absent his uniform, dressed in a dark blue Savile Row suit, white starched shirt, and an oyster blue tie. In front of him was a glass-topped table with a chilled bottle and an assortment of glasses. Behind him on a side table, sat an arrangement of yellow roses. His legs were crossed at the knees and he was holding a glass of champagne. “You were followed by the Gestapo; I thought I’d tell you that. For reasons I won’t go into they won’t tie our arrivals to the hotel together, however. If—you are ever asked—you and I never had any discussions today. Understood?”

“Understood, General.”

“Would you like a drink?”

“No thank you.”

“Then, let’s get directly to the reason I’ve asked you here,” Schellenberg began, leaning over and handed him a piece of paper. “This will explain everything.” Richter walked to the window where the light was better. Beyond the busy boulevard was the Brandenburg Gate. He held the note up to the window. It read: ‘WE ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE.’

“Received at Havelinstitu yesterday morning,” Schellenberg said, “transmitted from our men in Tehran to the SS radio center at Wannsee.”

“The operation is blown?”

“The plan always contained a weakness,” he said. “One of which you are aware.”

When Schellenberg hesitated, Richter asked, “And that would be?”

“Skorzeny.”

“A disadvantage?”

“While it’s obvious that he would be a good man to run an operation like this, I’ve simply never trusted Skorzeny. The man is too hard to control. And besides, the Luftwaffe trust him even less,” he told Richter. “Think back on the rescue of Mussolini.

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