Never Play Another Man's Game, livre ebook

Also by Mike Knowles Darwin’s Nightmare Grinder In Plain Sight For Andrea. It could be for no one else. CHAPTER ONE T he knock came at exactly seven in the morning. I was standing in the kitchen drinking a cup of tea and reading a story in the paper about a kid who had been dragged half a kilometre in a hit and run. The paper had plenty of quotes from the kid’s parents, but no answers as to why the fifteen-year-old was out on the street, by himself, at three in the morning. Seven wasn’t early for me — I didn’t sleep much anymore, but it was too early for someone to be at the door. The knock had a fast beat: three solid knocks in quick succession. After the sounds, a heavy silence settled in like a fog. The quiet was interrupted by the sound of the furnace sputtering to life. The old machinery was struggling to keep up with the November chill. I put my tea down and walked to the pantry. I had everything from the second shelf on the counter when the second set of knocks on the door sounded. I didn’t waste time wondering who was outside — I knew who it was. Not long ago, I killed a cop and a few Russian gangsters. I thought I had gotten out clean, but the knocks saiddifferent. It was too early for salesmen, and I had never met one of my neighbours. It had to be the police at the door — Russians don’t knock. I poured three times, not caring about the overflow that soaked the counter.