By: William Haggard

‘That’s a very brave scoundrel.’

By: William Haggard

‘You amateur.’ It was the worst word he knew.

By: William Haggard

‘That was the power-house. It’s blown.’

By: William Haggard

‘I’m a man without honour but I’m not a dishonoured man.’

By: William Haggard

‘I suppose I’m a bit of a coward.’

By: William Haggard

There was an ugly crack in the diplomatic wall.

By: William Haggard

There was a single shot, expert and silenced.

By: William Haggard

‘You’re the woman I loved. You betrayed me.’

By: William Haggard

“Violence, he thought — brutal, degrading violence.”

By: William Haggard

“Don’t stretch the rope too far.”

By: William Haggard

He was thorough as well as ruthless.

By: William Haggard

‘I’m a bit of a lone wolf.’

By: William Haggard

“There was a hand at the gaping window… and the outline of a gun.”

By: William Haggard

‘You don’t dare tell a soul a thing.’

By: William Haggard

Patrolling dogs — dear me, they must be most intelligent.