Exit Wound: (Nick Stone Book 12)
Language: English
Pages: 0
ISBN: 0593059522
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Signed by the author with dedication on title page
steel cocoon towered over the car park and taxi drop-off point on the roof. Inside, I imagined, Arabs were skiing in dishdashes under Versace Puffa jackets, but I hadn’t got to see it yet. After the golf game we’d gone to the hotel for a quick shower, then straight out again. Ken and I were now busy keeping up with Dex as he bounced from one perfume shop to another. We’d had a white Toyota behind us all the way from the hotel to the mall, a good twenty-minute drive. Not unusual on its own, as
protecting the rear window. I opened the door and eased myself into the footwell. Dex stared straight ahead. Red Ken came in on top of me, trying to lie flat on the passenger seat. His day-sack dug into my back as he passed Dex his revolver and speed loader. ‘It’s loaded.’ I concentrated on not fucking up the wiring that dangled beneath the steering column. Dex had rigged it up to get this thing started. We stopped at a set of lights, which glowed red on Dex’s face. He wiggled his
body crashed into me in the doorway. I stumbled backwards. There were another two, maybe three, behind him. They flooded me, and as my head hit the wall I caught a flash of blue shirt. The next thing I heard was the crackle of a Tazer. A nanosecond later, my body exploded and I dropped. PART FOUR 40 I came round feeling like I’d been on a four-day bender. My mouth was as dry as sand and my teeth were coated with fur. I breathed out and the blanket bounced it back at me. It wasn’t my
pause. The Falcon’s engine noise faded. Finally Julian spoke. ‘I know.’ ‘Know what?’ ‘I know that Spicciati is alive.’ This was not a good day out for Julian. I could feel his pain. ‘I’m sorry, Nick. This is where it ends. I’ve been ordered to stand you down. It’s been taken away from us. Stand down – acknowledge that, Nick.’ ‘You pissed or what? We don’t know if the gear is in-country yet. And if it isn’t, we don’t know where it is or how they’re getting to it. I’ll find that out, mate.
jumped off and undid all the gear on the back. I needed the rope. I got the sentry to sit up and looped it round his neck. It was too much for him. His chest heaved and he gave a couple of loud sobs. Tears started to run down his face, to join the rain and the blood. The poor fucker thought I was going to hang him. ‘Anna, tell him to shut up. I’m not going to hurt him – but if he fucks about I will kill him.’ The colour drained from her face. ‘Nick, I—’ ‘We don’t have a choice. I have to keep