The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry

Author:Steve Berry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Thrillers, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780345502476
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 2007-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

FORTY-FOUR

VIENNA

1:00 PM

THORVALDSEN STEPPED FROM THE BATHROOM AND WATCHED Gary unpack. Other than what he'd been wearing when he was kidnapped a few days ago, the boy had no clothes. So yesterday Jesper had made a trip into Copenhagen and purchased a few things.

"This house is old, isn't it?" Gary asked.

"Built many generations ago, like Christiangade."

"Lots of old stuff in Europe. Not like back home."

He grinned. "We have been around a bit longer."

"Great room."

He, too, thought the accommodations interesting. On the second floor. Near their host. A first for him. A dainty chamber with feminine furnishings that surely once belonged to a woman of taste.

"Do you like history?" he asked.

Gary shrugged. "Not until the past two summers. It's a lot more interesting here, when you see it."

He decided it was time to tell the boy their situation. "What did you think of our host and his daughter?"

"Not all that friendly. But they seem to like you."

"I've known Alfred a long time, but I'm afraid he's plotting something."

Gary sat on the bed.

"I think he may have been behind your abduction."

He watched as the boy began to realize their predicament. "You sure?"

He shook his head. "That's why we're here. To find out."

"I want to know, too. Those men upset my mother, and I don't like that."

"You afraid?"

"You wouldn't have brought me if I was in danger."

He liked the answer. This lad was smart. "You watched two men die. Few fifteen-year-olds can claim that. You okay?"

"The one Dad shot deserved what he got. He tried to take me away. Dad did what he had to. What are you going to do?"

"I'm not sure. But a lot of people will be here over the next few days. Powerful people. From them, I should be able to learn what we need to know."

"This like a club or something?"

"You could say that. People with similar interests who come together to discuss those interests."

On the bedside table his cell phone jangled. He stepped across and spied the number. Jesper. He pushed TALK.

"A call has come through. From Tel Aviv."

"Then by all means let's hear it."

A few seconds later, after the connection was established, he heard a deep baritone voice say, "Henrik, what have you started?"

"Whatever do you mean?"

"Don't play coy. When you called yesterday I was suspicious, but now I'm downright paranoid."

He'd placed a call yesterday to the Israeli prime minister's office. Since he donated millions to Jewish causes and financed a multitude of Israeli politicians, including the current prime minister, his call had not been ignored. He'd asked one simple question--what's Israel's interest in George Haddad? He'd purposely not talked directly with the prime minister, directing his inquiry through his chief of staff, who was now, he noticed, uneasy. So he asked, "Did you find an answer to my question?"

"The Mossad told us to mind our own business."

"Is that how they speak to those in charge?"

"It is when they want us to mind our own business."

"So you have no answer?"

"I didn't say that. They want George Haddad dead and they want Cotton Malone stopped.

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