Evlum Free Online Ebooks

More results...

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Evlum Free Online Ebooks

More results...

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors

PUBLISHED: 2010
PAGES: 441

Average rating 5 / 5. Vote count: 1

Be the first to rate this book.

Mastermind: Mitchell Parker Crime Thrillers, Book 1

By Helen Goltz

Special Agent Mitchell Parker had a clear plan – get the security tapes, get out of there, and get home in time for Inspector Morse on television at eight. Crouching on a hanging bridge spanning the middle floor of the university’s science block, Mitch silently cursed the architects who thought suspended walkways and wire railings would be ‘arty’ in the new science wing. It left nothing to hide behind and exposed him and his partner, Jack Jameson, to the lab entrances and thoroughfares.

Mitch flattened himself against the railing in the shadows on the bridge. At six-foot-two, with dark hair and an athletic build, he was a man who didn’t spend much time in the shadows. His sharp blue eyes swept the area, landing on J.J.

“J.J., nothing here. Try the next level up,” he whispered into his throat microphone.

The stocky J.J., five years older and a stone heavier, nodded and crawled out of sight.

Mitch looked between the wire railings to the hallway entrance below. He saw one security guard at the front desk. His eyes travelled above the guard, and he found the security camera that broadcasted images to the desk monitor while recording them somewhere in the building.

I want those recordings!

Mitch glanced at his watch. It was nearing seven o’clock; the night-shift security officer was due.

“Mitch?” J.J.’s voice broke his concentration.

“Yeah?” Mitch whispered into the headset.

“Are you sure this is going to work? There’ll be two guards to deal with during the changeover.”

“I know,” he whispered, “but they’ll be talking, not watching the monitor. It’s our best shot. Just find the room where the tapes are – I need them, and we’re running out of time!”

Mitch took in the area. The walkways reminded him of modern shopping centres, which require you to walk one hundred and eighty degrees to reach each level.

A pain in the ass, he thought. OK, walk around or straight up?

Mitch jumped up, missed and tried again. Grabbing onto the overhead landing, he heaved himself up, squatted, and surveyed quickly. He saw lights on in one of the rooms.

“J.J., the large room with the lights on, that’s got to be the main lab—and I bet the small room next to it is our tape room,” he whispered into the mic.

J.J. came into sight from the opposite direction. He glanced through the glass strip on the door of the small room.

“Yeah, we’ve found it,” J.J. confirmed. “You’ll have to pass the main lab or drop down below again and work in reverse.”

Read or download Book

Helen Goltz

Biography.

With a background in journalism and marketing, Helen has pushed around film directors, worked for an AFL footy team, produced children’s TV for Channel 7 and an Afternoon radio program for Macquarie Media, and edited community newspapers.

She’s also tried her hand at nursing, signed up to be a police cadet (and did time at the police academy), did a Diploma in Counselling, and lectured students in marketing.

Helen is postgraduate qualified with majors in Literature, Communications, and Media. She lives in Brisbane with her fellow journalist husband, Chris, and Boxer dog, Baxter. She has been published in Next Chapter, Wild Hearts Romance, and Atlas Productions, and she co-authors the Grave Tales series. The Grave Tales podcast has enjoyed over 320,000 downloads.

Helen Goltz

Helen Goltz