The Child Taker & Slow Burn Quotes

“thank your lawyer to recommend some counselling for”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“He watched from the cover of the trees as the children ran between the tents.”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“Tank and Major Timms sat at a wide teak desk in Hayley’s study. She used it as her base to run a re-seller business on the internet, so that she could combine work with being a mother to five-year-old twins. The desk had a thin layer of dust across it, a sign that the study hadn’t been used since the twins were snatched. Thick beige carpet covered the floor and two bookshelves flanked the window. Tank fired the computer up and the screen flickered through a series of different backgrounds as the broadband connected. Hayley’s home page appeared and an automated voice informed them that the e-mail box was full. Tank scanned the headers in the inbox to see if there was anything suspicious in there. It all appeared to be innocent. There were no ransom demands – more is the pity, he thought. A”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“pungent smoke”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“How was the fishing?”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“We took them from a boat.” He added, referring to the hundreds of ships that are attacked and held for ransom every year off the Somali coastline. He grabbed a fistful of Tara’s blond hair and twisted her head cruelly sideways.”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“Either, Zak, I don’t want to go”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn

“past”
― Conrad Jones, The Child Taker & Slow Burn