4: More Players than a Basketball Team
FIELD HAD JUST HUNG up when two black SUVs with diplomatic plates arrived. They parked across the street from her.
Five men in suits got out of the vehicles simultaneously.
Her eyebrows rose inquisitively. It was like watching a scene from a B-grade action movie.
One of the men asked, ‘Who’s in charge?’
She replied, unimpressed, ‘Who’s asking?’
‘Joshua Jordan, Head of Security, U.S. Embassy,’ he said by way of introduction as he extended a hand.
DI Linda Field shook the man’s hand.
‘What’s the U.S. Embassy’s interest in our case?’
‘Victim is Ruby Iris Williams; she’s the American Cultural Attaché to Great Britain.’
Finally, a name, Field thought with relief, one less thing to chase down.
But Jordan and Company’s sudden appearance added yet
