Protected by the Shadows by Helene Tursten

Author:Helene Tursten [Tursten, Helene]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Crime Fiction
ISBN: 9781616958459
Amazon: 1616958456
Publisher: Soho Crime
Published: 2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00

Irene woke up to the sound of her cell phone ringing. She fumbled around on the bedside table and eventually managed to grab it.

“Irene,” she mumbled, still half-asleep.

“Good morning! Breakfast is served,” Tommy’s cheerful voice informed her.

“Okay. Thanks.”

Irene checked her incoming calls list and saw that Tommy had rung her on his landline. Good. If anyone tried to check, there would be nothing odd about her boss calling her before a raid on a biker gang’s HQ.

She summoned up all her strength and willpower—not that there was much of either, she thought gloomily—and managed to swing her legs over the edge of the bed. After taking a long shower and putting on clean clothes and discreet makeup, she felt better. Her hair was still damp, but she couldn’t be bothered to use the drier; it would dry while she was having breakfast.

Tommy had laid out toast, coffee, eggs and herring.

“We’ve got plenty of time,” he said firmly.

“I need to check when there’s a bus,” Irene said.

“I’ve been thinking about that. I don’t want you anywhere near Central Station. Gothia MC have worked out that you’re in hiding somewhere, and that you were planning to catch a bus from the Nils Ericson depot,” he said, his expression deadly serious.

“But I left my bike at work,” Irene objected.

“I know. I’ll drive you into town and drop you off at Sankt Sigfrid’s Square; you can take the tram from there, which means you’ll be coming from a different direction. That ought to tax their tiny minds if they’re looking out for you,” he said with an encouraging smile.

Irene felt anything but encouraged. The thought that Gothia MC were following her and keeping an eye on her whereabouts made her feel sick. Before yesterday evening she had seen nothing to suggest that she was being watched. All of a sudden the last piece of herring in mustard sauce smelled positively rancid, and she couldn’t bring herself to eat it. She lost her appetite completely and pushed away her half-eaten egg.

She was being followed. What was it Krister had said about being “protected by the shadows”? A shadow is always with you; you can’t get rid of it. Would these shadows be with them for the rest of their lives? She knew that was an impossibility; they would never cope, either financially or mentally. On paper Gothia MC would become part-owners of Glady’s, but in reality they would make all the decisions. The gang needed the restaurant for money laundering purposes, and to give the illusion that they were running a legal business. Irene already knew of several restaurants in the same position; they had tried to resist, and had suffered violent harassment as a result. Or their owners had ended up like Soran Siljac and Jan-Erik Månsson.

The briefing began at ten o’clock. They were divided into teams and given their instructions. First of all the SWAT team would go in and secure the area, then Irene’s group would move in along with three colleagues from Narcotics, plus Frode and his handler.

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