The door to the sitting room opened. Oscar stuck his head out looking frantic. He addressed the two men standing guard in the hallway. His right arm was extended and pointing back into the sitting room. “Need your help. They’ve knocked Gloria out and I can’t hold them on my own …” The guards obediently […]
After the meal, Gloria suggested that the guests might like to take a stroll down to the lakeside. The view was spectacular from there, she added. “Will you folks come with us?” Andy asked. Gloria smiled and replied, “Forgive me if I don’t come with you. I have a few household matters to attend to.” […]
Sally took her time revealing her news. She had a sip of a fine Californian Malbec wine before discussing her discovery to the expectant and definitely impatient men at her table. “I searched a couple of the guest bedrooms and found nothing. However, in the third bedroom I found some men’s clothing and seemingly nothing […]
After Sally and Andy finished their meal, they were relaxing over coffees and liqueurs when Jauncey sighed and leaned back in his chair. “So, what in the hell do we do now?” Sally and Andy looked at each other. Sally replied. “Much as I feel satisfied that we’ve broken up a major cabal dealing with […]
Andy looked at Oscar in disbelief. He had thrown the knife and saved both him and Sally from almost certain death. But what was in it for him? Before Andy could articulate anything, Oscar let out a long breath. “My God, what have I done?” Andy found his voice. “Well, for a start, you’ve saved […]
Johannsen, his boss Oscar and the rest of his team stood frozen in disbelief. The section of the wall had slid open revealing a very tough and determined SWAT team consisting of six heavily armed police. The senior policeman spoke crisply to the gangsters. “Those of you with guns, drop them and all of you […]
Sally sat in the New Mexico State University library in Las Cruces and did a final read through of an email before sending it to a corporation called “Vast and Fast Property Funding.” She, Andy and Jauncey had arrived in Las Cruces two days previously after a brutally long flight from South Africa. They had […]
The team had a superb dinner at the nearby Lord Milner Hotel. They even had a fine selection of the best South African wines. Jauncey, who knew something about wine, toasted the couple with a 1986 Alto Rouge Cabernet Sauvignon. Andy took a sip of the ruby red liquid and nodded appreciatively. “We may be […]
Johannsen was beside himself with fury. Not only had he lost more good men but they were no nearer to eliminating Brett and Sandy or whatever they were called now. He was also confused. Where had the other armed men come from? What little data he had gleaned was supplied by the wheelman waiting in […]
After having visited twelve cafés and restaurants, Johannsen’s men struck it lucky on the thirteenth. Although Americans had visited the other places, none answered the sparse general description that the searching men had been given. There were old American couples, a husband and wife with four children, a young surfer on his own and so […]