Border Lines by L.E. Fitzpatrick
Title: Border Lines
Author: LE Fitzpatrick
Series: Reachers, book #2
“We all remember that kid in Piccadilly. That determined look he had on his face as he willed all those people to him. Just using his mind he pulled them close then blew them all to pieces. It could be anyone. Your neighbour, your friend, your lover. Remain vigilant. Reachers are everywhere.”
When the perfect job comes up Charlie doesn’t think twice about taking it. This is the break he’s been looking for and nobody, not even the rest of his team, can persuade him otherwise.
The job means working for an old enemy and crossing the border into London. Both are risky but Charlie has no idea how high the stakes really are.
The team will have to confront their past, each other and a killer who is closer than they realise. But can they all make it out of the city alive?
This is the second installment in the Reacher series.
Excerpt
John was coming down in the lift in the middle screen. Rachel checked her watch. They had less than a minute to go and there was still no sign of Charlie. She tapped the guard’s desk impatiently. John was in the lobby. Still no Charlie. Her phone alarm buzzed. She hesitated, but this was the plan as they all agreed. She patted her companion guard on the shoulder.
“You won’t remember me,” she whispered in his ear and left the guard room.
The building was starting to empty. Staff were busily making their way downstairs, bundling their paperwork with them. There were no checks for leaving the building. There was no such thing as sensitive information in journalism. The flow of people flooded the lobby. Subtly, she joined John’s side.
She took hold of his hand, pushing her thought into his head. Charlie’s not back yet.
John glanced back at the lift. If they went after him they would draw attention to themselves. She waited for him to make the decision. John was a professional. He kept walking towards the door.
“He’ll be okay. Lets get out of here.”
They joined the tail end of the work force, eyes focused on the exit. Two doors stood side by side to create a two way flow of traffic, but at this time of day everyone pushed out as quickly as they could through both doors. John tightened his grip and pulled her through the mash of bodies, but she hit one going the other way and was knocked back. She kept her balance and was ready to stick the idiot with an angry elbow. Then she froze.
Mark. He hadn’t really been looking at her, but the moment their eyes met she watched him recognise her in utter bewilderment – his ex–girlfriend. He was as surprised as she was. He started to move, as though to grab her and she ran. Her tiny frame pushed through the bottleneck at the door. Let me through! Suddenly a wave passed through the crowd. They all side stepped and for a brief moment the exit was clear. She made a dash for it.
The hot air hit her face. She struck the pavement with her feet, finding John’s silhouette in the darkness ahead. She grabbed his hand while still running, dragging him into the graveyard entrance.
“Cops,” she panted.
John looked back. “Two of them. Take a left.”
There was a small dip in the wall around the graveyard. They climbed it with ease and slipped out to the other side. More commuters were joining the pavement. John took her hand again and this time she made sure she didn’t let go. He took another sharp corner which opened up into a wider stretch of road. The traffic grew heavier. They slipped down a back alley. Rachel recognised it only by the car parked where they had left it.
She jumped in the passenger seat trying to swallow the vomit rising in the back of her mouth.
“Gun in the glove box,” John said, coolly starting the engine.
He started to pull the car away joining the traffic with impatient urgency. A few horns blasted at them and then the drivers found something else to be annoyed with. She pulled Charlie’s Glock from the glove box and held it tightly, all the time wondering if she would actually be able to use it on him.
“Keep it down by the door, like I showed you,” he said, fixing his eyes to the road.
“It was Mark,” she said, as though that made a difference – a cop was a cop.
“Mark?”
“My Mark.”
“He recognise you?”
“I’d say so.”
“Shit.”
“What if he finds Charlie?”
“Then we’ll have eight hours before they ship him off to the Institute.”
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The Running Game
Her father called it the running game. Count the exits, calculate the routes. Always be ready to run because they’ll always be coming for you. Whatever happens, they’ll always be coming for you.
Rachel had let her guard down and they had found her. She could run now, leave the city and try her luck beyond the borders, but with no money and a dark secret to hide her chances of survival are slim.
But then she meets two brothers with a dangerous past and secrets of their own. Can they help her turn the game around?
This is the first installment of the Reacher series. Set in a grim and not too distant future, this urban thriller will keep you hooked until the last page.
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About the author
L E Fitzpatrick was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, but now lives in West Wales, with her family plus lots of dogs and cats. She manages an office, volunteers as a room steward for the National Trust and also supports independent authors as a proofreader and beta reader. She obviously has no spare time because of this, but if she did it would probably be invested in walking in the countryside and enjoying the peace and quiet.
L E Fitzpatrick published her first series Dark Waters in 2011 and is currently working on her Reacher series.
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