Lethal Force: A Jake Adams International Espionage Thriller by Trevor Scott

Author:Trevor Scott [Scott, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Calabria Publishing
Published: 2024-03-17T00:00:00+00:00

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Jake and Lori had traveled most of the day, getting into DC in late afternoon, just as the sun receded past the Beltway. He said his goodbye to Lori, who was picked up by her wary driver. Jake guessed the guy was still pissed at him for putting him into a sleeper hold and then stuffing him into the trunk of the limo. Lori had seemed somewhat subdued by their separation, saying again that she didn’t really want to spend the rest of her break on an official junket to South Korea. They agreed to stay in touch but Jake didn’t think they would. Sure they had connected on some level. Perhaps that was based on their past. Maybe there had been a spark of some sort. He might never know for sure. She was back to her job in Washington and he was back to. . . That was the problem. He wasn’t sure about the direction of his life anymore. Despite what had happened in Montana, Jake was certain that this case wasn’t over. Besides having to drop off Professor Tramil’s research to his old friends, he would still have to find out who was trying to steal the man’s work. Who had kidnapped him and killed those people in Montana. He guessed they had only kept him alive in DC so he could lead them to Tramil. And he had. Kind of.

Now, after hanging out and drinking a couple of beers at a Dulles Airport bar, Jake took an airport shuttle bus to the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner by McLean, Virginia. After staying in a remote cabin, he felt the need to pamper himself.

He took a shower and then settled onto the comfortable bed, waiting. But he didn’t have to wait long. He might have caught twenty minutes of rest before he heard someone approach the door. Then there were two quiet knocks, a pause, one more knock, a second pause, and then two quick knocks. He smiled and went to the door, not even looking through the peep hole.

Standing in the hall, a subdued smile on her face, was his old friend Toni Contardo. They had worked together years ago in the CIA, had been lovers on and off, and now were. . .well, he wasn’t sure. But he guessed they were just friends. Toni was now working special projects directly for the CIA Director, Kurt Jenkins.

Toni glanced in both directions in the hallway. “You gonna let me in?”

He let her pass and she plopped down on the crumpled bed, feeling the sheets. Her eyes scanned the room. She hadn’t lost a step in her training. She was seeing if he was alone.

After closing the door, Jake stood in the center of the large room and asked her what he already knew. “How’d you find me?”

She laughed. “You left a trail of breadcrumbs like a civilian.”

“I am a civilian.”

“Yeah, right. You couldn’t be a civilian if you tried.” Hesitating, her eyes bore right into him. “You booked the flight with one of your real Visa cards, and this hotel room with the same card.

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