Chapter 57Vauxhall“I have just had it confirmed that Professor Schwartz
is no longer with us. It appears he had a heart attack while waiting for a
flight to Israel.”
Buford’s voice at the other end of the line was
hollow-sounding, almost mechanical because of the security encryption.
“Yes, we think it might have been a fundamentalist
Islamic organisation, but we’re not sure,” Asher was a master of
misinformation.
“Mmm… well, we think it was Mossad,” said Buford
crossly.
“We’ve got the others under observation… but once
the results of the post-mortem are made public, they’ll be far more
cautious.”
“So you’ll terminate them before they leave the
country?”
“No can do, Raymond. Not without the Home
Secretary’s say so, anyway.”
“Well, get it!” Buford barked down the line to
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