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Copyright 2001-2019 • Lightning Source • All Rights Reserved FILE CREATION GUIDE RESOURCES 10/01/19 ALL book types INTRODUCTION FILES REQUIRED FOR THE INGRAMSPARK PROGRAM CONTENT SUBMISSION NOTES & NON-SUPPORTED PROGRAMS COVER TEMPLATE GENERATOR PROOF ISBN 978-1-913166-20-5 ,!7IB9B3-bggcaf!:t;K;k;K;k Content Type: Black & White Paper Type: 50lb Creme (CREAM13_5) Page Count: 354 File type: Internal PROOF ISBN 978-1-913166-20-5 ,!7IB9B3-bggcaf!:t;K;k;K;k Content Type: Black & White Paper Type: 50lb Creme (CREAM13_5) Page Count: 354 File type: Internal PROOF KISmet Chris Calder HEDDON PUBLISHING PROOF Second edition published in 2019 by Heddon Publishing. Copyright © Chris Calder 2019, all rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, adapted, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electronic, photocopying, or otherwise without prior permission of the author. ISBN 978-1-913166-20-5 Cover design by Catherine Clarke This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Book design and layout by Katharine Smith, Heddon Publishing. www.heddonpublishing.com www.facebook.com/heddonpublishing @PublishHeddon PROOF After ten happy years in rural France, Chris Calder has returned to England. He came late to writing novels, and now has four published with two more on the way. Chris says that he tries never to forget that readers of fiction expect to be diverted and entertained. He loves feedback and always responds to emails from readers. He believes passionately that taking on board what readers want is the best way to improve what he does. PROOF PROOF This book is dedicated to the memory of Lance Callaghan, whose wise counsel, generous help and continuous encouragement fuelled and sustained my writing ambitions. He leaves a vacuum that cannot be filled. For their advice and support I am also indebted to Karen Davies, Laura Lawrie and my long-suffering spouse Joan. My grateful thanks to you all. Chris Calder PROOF PROOFChris Calder CHAPTER ONE THEY ARE GOING TO KILL ME. NO ONE WILL LISTEN. YOU MUST HELP ME. The words jumped off the page. They were crudely handwritten in block capitals, like the rest of the letter that Edmund Lafitte, Member of Parliament for Somerford was holding in his hand. It had arrived the previous day, asking for an interview. Why a letter? Surely a simple phone call would have sufficed? He read it again and that sentence stood out. A hoax? Possibly. A crank? More likely. But if it was genuine, another matter altogether. He glanced at his watch. Ten to twelve. If the man was coming, he was cutting it fine. Edmund attended his constituency office on most Saturdays, from nine until noon. The last visitor had just left. If the man did not appear in the next few minutes, the letter was probably not genuine. A soft knock on the door and his secretary Rosie entered, holding a notepad. “Has he turned up?” Edmund asked. “He’s just come in. Mr Khan.” “Do we know him?” “I don’t think he’s been before. I asked what it was about 1 PROOFKISmet but he wouldn’t say. He hardly spoke at all. Scared out of his wits, if you ask me.” “Better wheel him in.” “Right. Oh, and you’ve had two calls; Beth Stanway and Amir. They said you’re not answering your mobile. I told them you’ve mislaid it and you’d call back.” Lafitte checked his watch again and picked up his desk phone. “I’ll do that now. Can you give me five minutes, then bring Mr Khan in? Whatever he wants, I’ll have to keep it short, I’m meeting Stella for lunch.” At just under six feet tall, slim, fit and still only thirty- eight, the man who had been called the most eligible bachelor in the House of Commons was sitting at a cheap pine desk in a room at the back of the rented premises. Formerly a grocery store, the place had been vacant when he took on the lease after being elected to the House of Commons seven years earlier. Edmund lived in London but spent most weekends in Somerford with his partner Stella. Rosie asked, “Do you want me to stay on?” “No, it’s OK, you go on home, I’ll lock up.” Edmund drew forward the pad on his desk. Rosie paused at the door. “I’ve searched reception and your mobile’s definitely not there.” “OK, no sweat. It’s probably somewhere at Stella’s, or in her car.” Rosie nodded and left. Edmund decided to call Beth Stanway first. She answered immediately. “Elizabeth Stanway.” “Hello, Beth. Ed Lafitte. You OK?” “Hello Edmund, I’m fine.” She sounded breathless and stressed, the words tumbling out. “What’s the latest? In The 2 PROOFChris Calder Globe this morning it says that the situation with Peter and the other hostages may be improving. Have you heard anything from the Foreign Office?” “I haven’t, but they’re not on full staff at weekends.” “Oh.” She sounded disappointed. “Nothing new since the last meeting?” “Negotiations take time, Beth. I’m sure that if something had happened they’d have told me. But I’ll be back in Westminster on Monday. I’ll see what I can find out and get back to you.” “Surely there’s someone at the Foreign Office today who’d know if there’s any news?” “If there was, I’d have been told, I’m sure. What does it say in the paper?” “It’s about the Red Cross in Syria. It says they’re expecting some news about the hostages.” “Nothing specific, then.

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