Londoners Clare, Bigsy and Jake stumble into an international adventure after one of their friends meets an accidental and unfortunate end.
There’s the enigmatic American Chuck Manners, a group of Russians, Middle Eastern magnates and London’s police bound together in a fast-paced story that jump cuts around the world, provoked by the shadowy Amelia.
Spis treści
Art for art’s sake? 13
Walking through walls 20
The Interview 26
Nothing leads South 36
Broken in 41
Delays and findings 45
Safety First 49
Cannes 54
A business transaction 57
A matter of procedure 61
PART TWO 67
Langley 68
Sound reasoning 71
For the record 76
An apple a day 80
Canned Heat 82
Meet the Russians 88
Sushi 95
Being elsewhere 109
Bigsy’s 112
Bad 114
Brophy visits London 120
Eurostar 123
It gives you wings 126
Bouquet in Zurich 132
Please identify yourself 138
A hands-off approach 149
Manners on a mission 152
Fabric 154
PART THREE 157
Amelia gets personal 158
Dillon, a bit like Collins? 160
A sand and vodka storm 163
Secure grip 168
Brophy considers her new name 171
Manners makes a new friend 174
Hammered out 177
ZRH -> LHR (J Class) 179
Faux synchronisation 181
Run with it 183
Clothes Match 187
Chapter Forty: Stage is set 190
Cannon Street 199
Serious Crimes Unit 203
Quiet evening in Kensington 209
Endings or beginnings? 216
Chapter Forty-five: Post 224
O autorze
The author, Ed Adams, was born, raised and educated in London but has travelled widely and to areas causing some of his friends to suspect him of a double life.
Of course, that would be oversimplification. His time in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Russia and North America influences his story-telling and his novel-writing developed as part of a Na No Wri Mo project, for which he has been a winner a couple of times.
Still ostensibly based in London, Ed has a good selection of backpacks and rugged ballistic nylon luggage with large wheels.