This Is Not a Pipe (Mike Kingdom Thrillers Book 2) by David Jarvis

Author:David Jarvis [Jarvis, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hobeck Books Limited
Published: 2024-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Victor was chairing a Monday morning meeting that was meant to sign off the final details for the G20 meeting in Marrakech later in the week. To use one of his favourite expressions, he was feeling quite bright-eyed and bushy tailed. This was about to change.

Dennis walked in and waited for the PM to signal to him. When beckoned, he bent over and whispered in the PM’s ear.

“Really?” Victor looked at him in disbelief as Dennis, with his large forehead covered in sweat, continued his update and suggestions.

“Now?” Victor asked, to which Dennis nodded. “So who needs to leave this meeting?”

There followed a temporary exit by some people not cleared to a sufficiently high security level, who were then replaced by two other people, including Ben Cox.

“What’s happening?” Victor stared at the head of MI6, who had joined the meeting with Ben Cox.

“We have a major problem. We’ve just been updated by our French colleagues and our own people out there that one of our Paris embassy’s FCO men, whom we know as Brendan Dowell, may have shot Mr Flushing and be involved in the poisoning of the minister.”

“Shit!” The PM had reverted to another of his favourite expressions.

“I’m afraid it may be much worse,” the MI6 head continued.

“What can be worse than that?” The PM’s face had begun to sag at the cheeks.

“He may be a foreign agent” – there was silence – “working for the Moroccans.”

“You are …” But Victor never finished articulating his disbelief and exasperation.

“He didn’t return from Colmar to the Paris embassy, as expected; instead, he flew back from Basel to Heathrow on a Moroccan passport. This is all very new. We’re checking his whereabouts, obviously.”

“But why kill Johnny? Is this Brendan really working for the Moroccans? How long has he been at the FCO?” the PM asked.

“All questions I’ll have answers to as soon as possible.”

“I need to know if this will have any impact on the G20 … We need to keep the Moroccan passport bit quiet until we know more. Give me another update when this meeting is over in an hour. May we call the others back in?”

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