The Predators by Brian Freemantle

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The forensic pathologist was already at a table when she arrived. ‘A lot of supposition,’ he said, after she outlined the assignment. ‘That’s what Kurt said. ’ ‘Let’s hope it isn’t. ’ Claudine abruptly cut herself off, alert for any reaction from the Italian. Sophia had only been three when she’d died, in a car crash with Rosetti at the wheel, so the circumstances were entirely different, apart from the loss of a daughter. But she always tried to avoid reminders. Rosetti gave no reaction. ’ questioned the Italian, as their meal arrived.

Yes,’ lied Félicité Galan, speaking in English because the child had. ’ asked Mary, demandingly offering her backpack for the woman to take before sliding into the rear beside Félicité. It was grown-up to address the men who normally came for her by their given names: would let these two know how they had to behave. The car behind hooted again. ‘They had to do something else,’ improvised Félicité. She was looking intently at the girl, smiling in anticipation. To Henri Cool, at the wheel, Félicité said in French: ‘She’s lovely.

Heavily she added: ‘Like everything’s your choice. ’ Mary couldn’t understand why it was taking so long. She’d been held for almost a whole day from the time she’d been tricked into the car and dad still hadn’t got her out. Maybe the woman and the stupid men in masks had been caught. That could be it: caught while trying to collect the money and refusing to say where she was. Except that one man hadn’t been caught. The one who giggled a lot, like some of the girls at school, Martha especially, when they were nervous or expecting a surprise.

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