Black Gold by Chris Ryan

Author:Chris Ryan [Chris Ryan]
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781407049861
Publisher: RHCB

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DOMESTIC CRISIS

From far off came a roar. 'Legs together!' Then a splash.

'Carl again, if I'm not mistaken,' said Li.

'Back to his old habits, by the sound of it,' added Amber.

Alpha Force were on their way to the library. They'd decided to do some more revision on dive tables. Perhaps if they stopped racking their brains about the current problems and thought about something else for a while, someone might come up with an idea. Already they felt better, now that they had a sense of purpose.

They could see all the way through the bar and out to the bay. Danny was on his perch by Stormy Point, drilling his pupil. Lynn was on the veranda, sitting at a table under a sun umbrella, surrounded by a mass of papers. She saw them pause to watch Carl and waved. 'Don't you guys go trying anything like that,' she called out. She held up a jug of iced coffee. 'Want some?'

A cold, refreshing drink to take to the study – the offer was greeted with enthusiasm.

Amber took charge. 'Five iced coffees it is.' She took hold of Hex's black T-shirt and pulled him along with her. 'Come on, Hex, you can help me bring them.'

Hex grabbed some glasses from behind the bar and when he caught Amber up, she was already chatting to Lynn. 'Did you hear about Mara?'

Lynn ran her hands through her blonde hair. 'Yeah. The world's gone mad and everyone's jumpy as hell. I've had my sister on the phone this morning. She runs a housekeeping company, providing staff for big houses. One of her clients has started hiring an armed guard, would you believe, and now the maids are scared stiff.'

Amber picked up the jug and began to pour. 'Who is this client? A rock star?'

'No. He's only a civil servant,' said Lynn. 'A rather rich one, but just a boring civil servant.'

A well-paid civil servant who'd suddenly acquired armed protection? The frosted jug wobbled in Amber's hand, the cubes of ice tinkled into the glasses. Every nerve was tingling. She looked at Hex. His eyebrows had shot up to his hairline.

Lynn put down her pen. 'What's the matter? Spit it out. I know that look when you sniff a breakthrough. I've worked with a lot of reporters, remember.'

Hex thought like lightning. He was used to being careful about how much people knew. But would it do any harm to share their suspicions with Lynn? Of course not. And it could ultimately help Mara, her friend. 'We think that a civil servant is somehow mixed up with all this assassination business,' he said.

'And this guy just got an armed guard,' Amber added. 'Rather suspicious.'

Lynn nodded. 'I see where you're coming from.'

'He's not called . . . Ter Haar, by any chance, is he?' Amber continued.

Lynn started and then nodded.

'He's the one we think might be involved,' Hex said softly, a smile of satisfaction crossing his lips at her confirmation. 'It would really help if we could get a look at the set-up there.

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