| Author: | Martyn Taylor | ISBN: | 9781301119103 |
| Publisher: | Martyn Taylor | Publication: | November 2, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martyn Taylor |
| ISBN: | 9781301119103 |
| Publisher: | Martyn Taylor |
| Publication: | November 2, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
Josie Burke and Jessica Spear finish a sweaty afternoon in Ten Acre Wood with the lads, and get a hosing down to get rid of the mud when they get back to The Grange. The moment is captured on a smartphone and the video hits YouTube, and the hits are rising.
Jessica is the new girl at the Grange, she's her Daddy's girl, and Daddy is rich, opinionated and with his share of enemies, but that was business.
She was his weak spot and he knew it, so did others, and when she disappears from an isolated road after a scene by the swimming pool at society party relationships become strained.
She had been lodged at The Grange for security, and it had made her vulnerable, but there was something not quite right about this, there was another thread to this web of intrigue that remained hidden. Jardine draws on his contacts and persuades Michael Spear to hand over Hoplite's newest hardware. Two unmanned UAV's begin to sweep the countryside around the last known location.
The videos from her captors are analysed by the technical staff and the results put out to the field agents. Steel and Josie are on the road, checking the locations when a breakthrough confirms they are in the right area, a shackled figure in a cottage by the sea on the Northumberland coast. One of Jessica's captors who broke the rules, then the trail goes cold until a weak signal from a fading mobile gives a target area. The trail takes them across the wild country astride the England/Scotland Border; on to the Northumberland coast and into the forests of Keilder and the cold deathlike chill of a forest dawn. Where a hard cough on the still air could be a fox, or a silenced weapon finding its mark. Back up would be useful, but the clock ticks on, and the deadline may be closer than the reinforcements.
Josie Burke and Jessica Spear finish a sweaty afternoon in Ten Acre Wood with the lads, and get a hosing down to get rid of the mud when they get back to The Grange. The moment is captured on a smartphone and the video hits YouTube, and the hits are rising.
Jessica is the new girl at the Grange, she's her Daddy's girl, and Daddy is rich, opinionated and with his share of enemies, but that was business.
She was his weak spot and he knew it, so did others, and when she disappears from an isolated road after a scene by the swimming pool at society party relationships become strained.
She had been lodged at The Grange for security, and it had made her vulnerable, but there was something not quite right about this, there was another thread to this web of intrigue that remained hidden. Jardine draws on his contacts and persuades Michael Spear to hand over Hoplite's newest hardware. Two unmanned UAV's begin to sweep the countryside around the last known location.
The videos from her captors are analysed by the technical staff and the results put out to the field agents. Steel and Josie are on the road, checking the locations when a breakthrough confirms they are in the right area, a shackled figure in a cottage by the sea on the Northumberland coast. One of Jessica's captors who broke the rules, then the trail goes cold until a weak signal from a fading mobile gives a target area. The trail takes them across the wild country astride the England/Scotland Border; on to the Northumberland coast and into the forests of Keilder and the cold deathlike chill of a forest dawn. Where a hard cough on the still air could be a fox, or a silenced weapon finding its mark. Back up would be useful, but the clock ticks on, and the deadline may be closer than the reinforcements.
