WHEN THE TAXI STOPPED, having travelled as far along Inkwell Street as it could, Nathan paid the fare and got out without waiting for his change. He strode briskly down the street towards the barricade that was keeping back the onlookers, and was immediately let through when he was recognised by the uniformed sergeant in charge of the officers there. He had an urge to head straight for the house where Kurt Walker was holding his hostages - he didn’t need anyone to tell him which house it was - but his intellect pushed him in the direction of the surveillance van that was parked across the street from it. Burke hurried over the moment he spotted Nathan, glad that Louisa had warned him his partner might be coming there; he had no intention of letting him go through with whatever he was th

