The Eagle's Covenant by Michael Parker

Author:Michael Parker [Parker, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Michael Parker
Published: 2014-07-19T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Hoffman had finished eating breakfast and was drinking a cup of coffee, his thoughts on the latest football results which were in the paper he was reading. His wife, Elke, had removed the dishes from the table and was back at the table, pouring herself a cup of coffee.

“You’re not making the news anymore,” she told him. The coffee pot was put down with a flourish and movement of the shoulders which Hoffman was quite familiar with. It was a kind of ‘I told you so’ movement.

“It’s because we are not making any progress,” he answered and went back to his paper. He didn’t make a habit of discussing cases with his wife unless he felt he could tap the treasure trove of feminine logic. Then he would leak little pieces of information to her and wait for the gem that the entire police force had failed to come up with. Naturally he would go back to the office and claim all the credit. “The kidnappers are being unusually quiet.”

“Why, because they haven’t spoken to you?”

He put his cup down. “They haven’t contacted anyone, I can assure you.”

Elke thought about this for a while. She watched her husband put his head down to the paper again and wondered how she would react if she had a child kidnapped.

“The police always get in the way,” she said.

“Mmm?”

“Well, it must be obvious that all Herr Schiller would want to do is pay up and get his grandson back.” There was no immediate response, so she went on. “All you lot want to do is flood the place with police and frighten the kidnappers away.”

He put the paper down. “This is not a straightforward kidnap.”

“Are there other kinds, then?” she asked. Her eyes hooded over for just a fraction of a second. “Schiller is a powerful man, but if you lot get under his feet, you’ll just annoy him.”

“Are you suggesting we give up and go home?”

She bridled at that a little. “No of course not, but it must be obvious; Schiller has more people working for him than you do, and more resources. He could be in touch with the kidnappers right now and you wouldn’t know about it.”

He disagreed, shook his head and went back to his paper. “We’ll find them,” he said without conviction. Then he looked up again, quite suddenly. She caught the expression on his face.

“Well?

“Oh, nothing,” he lied. “Something I have just remembered.” He finished his coffee in one gulp and wiped his mouth with the napkin. “Must go,” he told her, getting to his feet. “I’ll ring you later about dinner this evening.”

He came round the table and kissed her on the lips. “I love you, sweetheart.”

Elke smiled, perhaps a little smugly, and went to the door with him. Hoffman climbed into his car, waved back at his wife and reached for his portable phone. He had Jansch on the end of line within seconds.

“Uwe, Hoffman here. I want you to put a tap on Schiller’s phone.

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