The Machine (The Hunt Thrillers Book 4) by Tim Heath

Author:Tim Heath [Heath, Tim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Conundrum Publishing
Published: 2022-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 21

TALLINN, ESTONIA

February 23rd

It was the day before the nation’s Independence Day celebration, and those foreign dignitaries — mostly European based — who weren’t only coming on the day itself, had already arrived in the Estonian capital.

Three days before, Alex had called Anissa and informed her of everything he’d been told by Matvey — she’d been alarmed to hear he had met the oligarch in person, the words of Phelan still ringing fresh in her ears.

She put that to one side.

MI5 was made aware of the threat, and precautions were put in place until they knew anything more specific. The Foreign Secretary was made to pull out at the last minute — illness given as the reason — though others who were already planning to go were left to do so, there to represent Great Britain. They would be closely monitored by their MI5 minders.

Anissa was part of the MI6 task force, which was sent over to tackle the bigger picture. Nothing more specific had yet come through from Matvey — they were very much in his hands — as the British agents settled into their hotel. Charlie Boon and his colleague Zoe had also been sent, and Anissa had been discussing the information she had with them both on the flight over.

Alex wasn’t due back to work for another few days — his gardening leave officially cancelled — but not in enough time to be overtly part of that trip. He had, however, travelled independently to Tallinn, something Anissa had only shared with Charlie and Zoe, and something to be kept between them. Alex said he would make contact with Anissa once they were settled in Tallinn, and he would be better able to dig in and look around because he wasn’t part of the British ranks.

He also had a direct connection to Matvey.

Anissa was the only one from Six who knew who was feeding Alex the intelligence.

It was a game of cat and mouse, however. Tallinn was to become the latest epicentre in a battle for power that might cost many lives before it was settled. The Russian Presidential elections were still some weeks away, with everything to play for.

It was perhaps the most significant vote in a generation.

Mark Orlov — who’d lived his life one step ahead of everyone else for as long as he could remember — had a team watching the team that Matvey Filipov had sent. He’d used that situation to reveal certain things. The Machine was too valuable to allow someone like Filipov to take them on single-handedly.

They now knew this was precisely what Matvey intended to do.

Maybe Mark shouldn’t have killed Andre?

That mattered little to him now. He’d never been a man to dwell on the past. What mattered most was keeping them all guessing, until it was too late. Like a magician performing a trick before a crowd, he had to keep them all looking a certain way when really the magic was happening elsewhere. And with his teams coming and

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