Chapter 16
Mitch arrived back in Washington to find the city in fight-or-flight mode, with the Severance-led investigation and the Christmas recess as the main attractions. After being lifted in Chechnya by something as simple but powerful as the photograph Mrs. Argun had slipped into that lamb sandwich, Mitch had floated through the Asian swing of the men’s tour, cheering on win after Dimi win in Beijing and Shanghai and then Paris and finally London, where Dimi was stopped by new world number one Ryan Kovacs after a sensational year.
The tennis fan in Mitch had had a helluva ride. The CIA agent, on the other hand, was discovering that all good things must come to an end.
“I think it’s time to shut this baby down,” Bowman said to Mitch back at Langley. “The Metro Police got nothing. We
