Chapter OneLONDON – MARCH 1968
Three days later, Jordie Penn met them both at London Airport. They'd been shepherded into the rear of his Jaguar and whisked through the streets to a safe flat for de-briefing. He'd provided them with a status update, sounding like a newsreader, reading out the information almost in a daze. Initial news reports suggested that the pagoda in Japan had been the subject of an unfortunate fire, there were not thought to be any survivors. The inferno had been so severe, identifying the multiple bodies was proving difficult, if not impossible. There were unsubstantiated rumours that one of the bodies was that of respected businessman Yoshida Nakata, but more would not be known until a post-mortem had been conducted.
On the same day, according to Penn, the Japanes
