Armageddon Conspiracy by John Thompson

Author:John Thompson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pressque Publishing

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When he hung up, his mind was racing again. In addition to sorrow and guilt, a desire for vengeance burned in his guts. He wanted to find his enemy and smash his face to pulp. Only he didn’t even know who that person was, not for sure.

He went to the kitchen and rummaged furiously through the kitchen drawers for a legal pad, raging at the knowledge that even if he knew where Howard Turner lived, he was too weak to go after him. Worse, time was running out. Seven people were now dead, and he was the only common denominator. Even if Maggie continued to give him more rope, the police were already searching under every rock. Any hour they were liable to figure out that he and Maggie once dated, and then they’d tap her phones and watch her house. Before that happened he needed to figure out who had done these things.

He started a list on the legal pad and put down every relevant fact he could think of since he’d been approached to go to work at Genesis Advisors. Despite his fatigue, he felt strangely clear headed, powered by his anger.

When he finished, he looked down his list and groped for the invisible links.

Gov’t suspects GA of insider trading, drafts Lucas

Simmons donates money to Biddle’s church

GA hires Lucas

God gives Biddle tips on employment data, Intel

Biddle gives Lucas Faisal’s account

Biddle’s party—introduces Faisal

Simone Hearkins???

Biddle leaves for Russia

Wofford leaves for surprise vacation

Impostor FBI agents seize Faisal’s account

Lucas meets with impostor attorney

Dr. Faisal murdered

Lucas goes to Faisal’s house, finds bodies

Owen Smythe agrees to help

Lucas attacked in the parking garage

Smythe finds name—Howard Turner

Smythe and family killed in fire

Whoever took the money had been careful, methodical and utterly ruthless. Also, it seemed clear that it wasn’t just about the money—otherwise why kill Dr. Faisal? Kill Smythe because he snooped, maybe. Kill Lucas so he could disappear and take the blame along with him, yes. But don’t kill three unnecessary people. Faisal’s killing wasn’t rational, yet the rest of it was too highly choreographed for irrationality. Therefore, the motive had to be more than greed, but what? Revenge? Politics? Religion? He dug the heels of his hands into his eyes. Think!

He went down the list again. The one entry that didn’t seem to track was Simone Hearkins. He’d never seen again her after the night of Biddle’s party. Did she have a role in this, or was she just coincidental?

He shook his head. There were no coincidences. It meant everything was premeditated, and he needed to discover how far back it went. He took out his cell phone and turned it on. There was one more call he hadn’t made. He feared having his location triangulated, but he had no choice.

He auto-dialed the number. After several rings, Simmons’s voice came on. “Brent, thank God! Where are you?”

“Why didn’t you answer the other times I called?” he demanded.

“I know . . . I’m sorry. I was in high-level meetings. Where are you?”

“That’s not important.

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