The Mask of Minos, Bruno's In...

By Robertwaltonnovelist

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Only coercion, and a beautiful government agent, could force Harry Thursday out of retirement. This time to f... More

Chapter 1 - Somewhere in Russia
Chapter 2 - The Dry Fields
Chapter 3 - Abbey of Salzkammergut
Chapter 4 - Joseph
Chapter 5 - BWI Airport
Chapter 6 - North Arundel
Chapter 7 - Costa Rica
Chapter 8 - An Unexpected Visitor
Chapter 9 - Old Friends
Chapter 10 - Morning
Chapter 11 - Unwanted Visitors
Chapter 12 - The Chase
Chapter 13 - Miguel
Chapter 14 - The Pilot
Chapter 15 - The Plot Revealed
Chapter 16 - Panama
Chapter 17 - The President
Chapter 18 - The Flight Over
Chapter 19 - Duplicity
Chapter 20 - Paris
Chapter 21 - Julie
Chapter 22 - Train to Switzerland
Chapter 23 - Bern
Chapter 24 - Bank du Luc
Chapter 25 - Sally and Drake
Chapter 26 - Hotel National
Chapter 27 - Franz Hageen
Chapter 28 - Trireme
Chapter 29 - The Window
Chapter 30 - Night Time
Chapter 31 - Max's
Chapter 32 - Double-cross
Chapter 33 - A Drive in the Country
Chapter 34 - Sara Again
Chapter 35 - Hello Again
Chapter 36 - All or None
Chapter 37 - The Tattoo
Chapter 38 - Into the Night
Chapter 40 - Piraeus
Chapter 41 - Stu Shea
Chapter 42 - The Gennadius Bibliotheca
Chapter 43 - Carla the Killer
Chapter 44 - The Curator
Chapter 45 - The Pinto
Chapter 46 - Change of Plans
Chapter 47 - Joining Forces
Chapter 48 - Early Breakfast
Chapter 49 - Out of the Pan
Chapter 50 - Enter to Learn
Chapter 51 - Into the Fire
Chapter 52 - Freedom is Slavery
Chapter 53 - Nancy
Chapter 54 - Seprios
Chapter 55 - Kippers and Complicity
Chapter 56 - Iraklion
Chapter 57 - Bruno's Fortress
Chapter 58 - The Keep
Chapter 59 - The Cast
Chapter 60 - Loves' Labor
Chapter 61 - At Last
Chapter 62 - The Mask Revealed
Chapter 63 - The Volcano
Chapter 64 - Mikrolimano

Chapter 39 - Above the Fumes

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They left the hotel with Harry's things and drove the Mercedes to the Bern Bahnhof and left it sitting in a tow-away zone, and took a taxi to the airport and took the 8:30 red-eye to Athens. When the plane landed, they walked across the tarmac and entered the busy terminal on the ground level and went straight to the baggage claim and the welter of tourists and travelers claiming their things. A young Hippie couple watched them walk off the plane and enter the terminal.

"Exactly when did you find time to call for reservations for this plane," Harry said as they walked across the hot macadam pavement, stopping momentarily to avoid passing baggage tram.

"When you went inside the bookstore you claim used to be Max's whorehouse, I stepped inside the apothecary across the street and made a call to Toynbee. He made a reservation for us and arranged someone to meet us at the hotel."

Harry had no intention of using her hotel. He was feeling acrimonious towards the BAR's hospitality. For now, he would leave it alone and convince her to do likewise. But he laid the groundwork for his argument that "Our every move seems to be known to the other guys. Someone had been keeping us under close observation."

Sara looked cautiously around but said nothing.

"I have a better idea," he said and told her about it while they waited for the bags to troll around the belt.

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