EBOLOWA

serial pieces of a private eye thriller set in 1974

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EBOLOWA simon miller Based on a true story of courage and conspiracy. Author’s Note EBOLOWA is a town in southern Cameroon. In the mid-1950s it was...

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No wonder Cameroun was perfect : it had a mineral resource of huge strategic importance and had given Annie a ringside seat on a guerrilla war. What...

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“A clean break,” he said. They wouldn’t let him across the border even if he paid them. She led the way into the porch and opened the front door...
Cherry

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4 Tuesday April 2 1974: Chicago Candace knew that men like Bill H. Holden Jnr had only one thing in mind when they said they needed to talk ,...

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6 Chicago, Wednesday Candace had retched twice jogging on the shore and looked round to make sure no one had seen her, but at least she was beginning...

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7 Candace was left holding the phone and smiling with relief. She went into the bathroom and washed her face and gave herself a lift with some bright...
Cherry

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8 Rhone Valley, France “And I told you to deal with whatever and whoever got in the way - - “ “I am dealing with it.” “Good, because I’ve got...

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9 Manchester, Thursday night. Ronald Uttley puffed on his pipe and the embers glowed in the semi-dark. “Let’s wait for the lights to come on," he...

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11 “Sir! Just a minute, Mr Kaplan, please - - “ Harry turned round. Jean, the receptionist from last night, was coming out of the side office holding...

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12 Niamey, Niger. Over a thousand miles to the north Marc Benet had been on the terrace of the riverside Sahel Hotel watching the sunset, a giant...

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13 Niamey, Niger “Give me the case,” said Benet, unlocking the tailgate. Inside there was a concealed space big enough to take Luc’s new-fangled...
Cherry

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15 Monday: Cameroon, the road to Calabar Harry had stayed too long in the hotel bar after Ricard left and the combination of his mood and hang-over...

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16 Harry drove back to Castile’s place, pulled up in the shade and took the envelope out of his pocket. The address, a PO Box in Douala, was typed...

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17 The Inspector had made his mark too and Harry was left marvelling at how the big man had survived so long. Maverick cops were rare enough and...

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18 Buea, West Cameroon, Monday night. “I’m sorry Harry, but it’s you they’ve come for,” Ouweneel said looking pained. “They want to search your car...

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21 Douala, Cameroon. He tossed and turned his bruised body but all it did was increase pressure on his bladder. He was bursting. He got up gingerly...

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22 Paris, Tuesday. When you have only fear and beatings in your life you have to turn them to your advantage. Marc Benet had got that much from...

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23 Orly Airport, Tuesday afternoon Eileen O’Connell had just used the rest room. Gone was the ex-diplomat and New York sophisticate in upmarket...

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24 Tuesday night, Douala, Cameroon First class passengers got through quickly but it wasn’t a big airport and Eileen had no trouble keeping Candace...

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26 Thursday morning. Candace had slept badly with dreams and jet lag and had woken with enough of an ache behind her eyes to make her grouchy, but at...

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27 Douala Jail Harry had come to the same conclusion. He’d had all night to figure it out and the pieces were coming together, the same old story of...
Cherry

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29 Douala, Friday Candace pulled up opposite the jail. The dawn was thick with warm mist and water was dripping on the thin tin roof with annoying...
Cherry

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30 It was a new feeling for Candace too. She looked in the mirror for any external sign but all she could see was a deathly pallor. She pinched some...

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31 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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32 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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34 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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33 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...
Cherry

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25 Douala jail. They were on the evening perimeter walk when it happened. He had just had an audience with the US chargée Chuck Logan, a fresh-faced...

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35 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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36 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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37 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...
Cherry

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A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...
Cherry

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39 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...
Cherry

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A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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41 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...
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42 A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. Details to follow as and when. many thanks meantime to...

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A much revised version of EBOLOWA will be on sale in book shops and online at Unbound.com. IN SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017!!! many thanks meantime to...