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Category Archives: Episode 19
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Eight
The cabin was filling with water at an alarming rate. It seemed incredible that a few small holes could let in so much, so quickly but before we knew it the water was sloshing around our ankles and rising rapidly … Continue reading
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Seven
“Anyone fancy a drink?” said Sid. “I think maybe we’ve earned it, don’t you?” The Elise had been chugging steadily across the Mediterranean for an hour, the four of us sitting in a vaguely anxious silence on the narrow bunks … Continue reading
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Six
We hurried off in different directions, Michael to go and collect Felicity and whisk her out of the hotel on their ‘date’ while I scurried up to my little room on the fifth floor. Once inside I retrieved the dour … Continue reading
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Five
If you walk east along the boulevard, the wide sandy beach running alongside eventually comes to an abrupt end at a point where a rocky promontory juts out into the sea. This marks a boundary of sorts between the resort … Continue reading
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Four
The next day – heist day itself – had been scheduled to begin with another room change for Felicity. The plan called for her to decide overnight that the colour scheme in her new suite was too vibrant and insist … Continue reading
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Three
Operations kicked off the next morning with another room change for Felicity. Before breakfast she called down to the desk to complain that her sleep last night had been ruined by the comings and goings at the casino next door … Continue reading
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Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part Two
As the Bentley sailed along the boulevard towards the Hotel Majestic I turned in my seat, slid aside the glass partition that divided myself and the chauffeur from the back of the car and addressed Felicity who sat alone in … Continue reading
Episode Nineteen – ‘To Kill a Thief’, Part One
The first sign of trouble in paradise came when the small ferrety man in the white tuxedo jacket fell from the roof of the casino. It was a sign that ought to have been quite hard to ignore, given that … Continue reading
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Another Epistolary Interlude
There are many great things about the travelling life (seeing new places, meeting new people, rarely stopping anywhere long enough to be obliged to do the washing up) but I must confess that being always on the move does come … Continue reading