CHAPTER 21
Frank Kruger sat at his office desk, his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbows, his jacket hanging over the back of a chair – his only concession to the hot weather.
Schuster's reappearance in Germany puzzled him. Why had he come back? Why bring that woman with him? Why take all these risks? Kruger had a few answers, but they were, at best, conjecture.
His instincts told him to simplify. Go back to the book. The time for playing it by ear was over. He gave Sergeant Rodden the job of setting up a special-purpose incident room.
The sergeant went about the task with the intensity of a man in his element. He roped in a grumbling Sonia and a willing trainee from the Documents section – who seemed glad for the change of scenery – to help. Monika offered her Sergeant, Bette Kremer,
