Believed violent

Крутой детектив

Автор: Чейз Джеймс Хэдли

Год: 1968

Добавил: Admin 9 Авг 23

Проверил: Admin 9 Авг 23

Формат: EPUB (233 Kb)

Currently 0/5

Рейтинг: 0/5 (Всего голосов: 0)

Аннотация

The Russians will pay $4,000,000 for the top-secret formula of a revolutionary new metal . . . and the C.I.A. will do anything to stop them.
American inventor Dr Paul Forrester is the man that both sides want. For he alone can decipher the vital code. But for two years Forrester has been in a mental asylum - ever since that bloody day he walked in on his beautiful wife and her lover . . .
So pretty Nona Jacey, Forrester's former lab-assistant, becomes a helpless pawn in the power struggle to possess the scientist . . . for she is the key to unlocking Forrester's mind.
He walked silently to the bedroom door, holding the knife by his side. He heard the sound of movement. He heard the one man he had regarded with trust, say, “Who wants a drink, baby? I know what I want.”
“Get me a drink!” There was snap in her voice that always dominated any man. “We have all the time in the world. He won't be back until tomorrow. "
“Okay. Maybe I could use a drink myself, but you stay right where you are . . . understand?”
He heard her laugh.
“I'm not going to run away.”
The bed creaked — the bed he hadn't shared with her now for a long time. He listened to the sound of naked feet padding over the parquet floor. The door swung open.
The two men confronted each other. The tall man drove the blade of the knife forward and down, then ripped up...