The Venice Code by Kennedy J. Robert

Author:Kennedy, J. Robert [Kennedy, J. Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller, Historical, Mystery
Amazon: B00IQEPLCO
Goodreads: 58587174
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services
Published: 2014-03-04T08:00:00+00:00

Montpellier Airport, France

Present day, two days after the kidnapping

Captain Pierre Lapointe of the Sûreté Nationale watched as the Bombardier Challenger 605 taxied toward the far end of the tarmac. The four Mirage 2000 fighter jets that had escorted the plane in from the Atlantic seaboard still circled overhead, their massive engines filling the air with a throbbing roar that made it hard to hear.

At least one hundred law enforcement officers from various agencies including several American representatives that had just arrived were swarming the area. There was no way Lapointe was going to risk this operation going south, so he had called in everyone he could think of to help.

As he eyed the near chaos, he began to question the wisdom.

If this turns into a gunfight, over one hundred weapons will be firing back.

He activated his radio.

“This is Lapointe. No one is to fire under any circumstances, even if fired upon!” He received some looks, but didn’t care. He couldn’t risk the plane being blown up by a stray bullet, or worse, the cameras lining the outside of the airfield capturing the shooting of an American President’s son by French police.

The plane came to a stop about fifty yards away and the engines began to power down, the ground vehicles escorting it peeling away. Security immediately blocked the wheels then fell back as the mass of forces began to advance, surrounding the plane.

“This is Lapointe. Everyone fall back fifty meters. Primary team advance with me.”

The sea of men fell back as if a pebble had been dropped in the middle of them, the ripple pushing them back. Lapointe and his team of six heavily armed and armored men advanced toward the nose of the plane. He had a clear view of the pilot who had his hands raised, his expression clearly one of fear. Lapointe pointed at the door and the man nodded, unstrapping himself from his seat then getting up and disappearing from view.

This isn’t right.

None of it was right. Lapointe knew from the moment he had received the call that it wasn’t right. Who in their right mind would kidnap a former President’s son, then get on a private jet and think they’d get away by going to Western Europe, let alone France? If they had stuck to the roads they might have been able to continue to evade the authorities in the United States, perhaps even escaping to Canada or Mexico. But to get on a large plane that has limited landing options, then point it toward Europe?

This doesn’t make sense!

Then the pilot, when intercepted, cooperated completely, pleading ignorance and a bad comm. Now here he was, apparently terrified, about to open the door.

Suicide by cop?

Could that be their idea? They didn’t care if they were captured because they were willing to die. Perhaps dying was their plan all along? It would definitely fit the terrorist profile, so many of these pathetic men ready to commit suicide to further prove their cause was worldwide insanity. Was young Mr.

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