Nicholas tried to cut his steak. She was right: tough was the understatement of the year.
‘I know I can’t cook,’ Suzy said, sawing at her steak, ‘but I am good on ideas.’
‘Such as what?’
‘While I was cooking – well, murdering – the meal, I was thinking.’
‘And?’
Suzy put down her knife and fork, rested her chin in her hands and stared at Nicholas. ‘I believe you’ve misplaced your talents. You should have been a novelist.’ She stretched out her hand and touched Nicholas’ cheek. ‘Why don’t you write a novel about Bilderberg? A novel based on fact.’
Nicholas persevered with his steak in silence. After a while he said: ‘You’re right, you are better on ideas than cooking.’
He stood up and went round the table and kissed her. Then he refilled his glass with wine, walked into the spare room, rolled a sheet of paper into his portable typewriter and, after a few moments’ thought, he began to type.
Danzer didn’t look like a spy.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Derek Lambert was born in 1929, and served in the RAF for two and a half years, before becoming a foreign correspondent, travelling the world to exotic locations that later inspired his novels. His travels gave him first-hand knowledge of his material and his authentic tales of espionage made him a household name and bestselling author. He spent the later years of his life in Spain, where he died in 2001 at the age of 71.
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FICTION
Angels in the Snow
The Kites of War
For Infamous Conduct
Grand Slam
The Red House
The Yermakov Transfer
Touch the Lion's Paw
The Great Land
The Saint Peter's Plot
The Memory Man
I, Said the Spy
Trance
The Red Dove
The Judas Code
The Golden Express
Vendetta
Chase
Triad
The Night and the City
The Gate and the Sun
The Banya
Horrorscope
Diamond Express
The Killing House
NON-FICTION
The Sheltered Days
Don't Quote Me But
And I Quote
Unquote
Just Like the Blitz
Spanish Lessons
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