Juggernaut. Desmond Bagley
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DESMOND BAGLEY
Juggernaut
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First published in Great Britain by Collins 1985
Copyright © Brockhurst Publications 1985
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Source ISBN: 9780008211394
Ebook Edition © August 2017 ISBN: 9780008211400 Version: 2017-06-29
CONTENTS
The telephone call came when I was down by the big circular pool chatting up the two frauleins I had cut out of the herd. I didn’t rate my chances too highly. They were of an age which regards any man of over thirty-five as falling apart at the seams; but what the hell, it was improving my German.
I looked up at the brown face of the waiter and said incredulously, ‘A phone call for me?’
‘Yes, sir. From London.’ He seemed impressed.
I sighed and grabbed my beach robe. ‘I’ll be back,’ I promised, and followed the waiter up the steps towards the hotel. At the top I paused. ‘I’ll take it in my room,’ I said, and cut across the front of the hotel towards the cabana I rented.
Inside it was cool, almost cold, and the air conditioning unit uttered a muted roar. I took a can of beer from the refrigerator, opened it, and picked up the telephone. As I suspected, it was Geddes. ‘What are you doing in Kenya?’ he asked. The line was good; he could have been in the next room.
I drank some beer. ‘What do you care where I take my vacations?’
‘You’re on the right continent. It’s a pity you have to come back to London. What’s the weather like there?’
‘It’s hot. What would you expect on the equator?’
‘It’s