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The desert east of Lüderitz, Namibia, the present day‘Stop the car!’ Anja had seen the Hilux pick-up on the side of the road, with no one in sight.
The bonnet was not up, indicating engine trouble, and a quick inspection when Anja got out showed that none of the tyres were punctured. Ray and Anne, the English tourists who were driving her, had suffered a blowout before picking her up. The hired vehicle’s jack and wheel spanner were sitting on the backseat next to her, where they had been tossed, awaiting proper stowage.
On the far side of the Hilux Anja had seen a single set of footprints leading away into the desert.
Anja had been in two minds. There could be a perfectly innocent explanation for the vehicle being there, but she couldn’t think of one. She looked out into
