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Название книги: The Machiavelli Covenant
Автор(ы): Allan Folsom
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Machiavelli-Covenant-193542.html
Copyright © 2006 by Allan Folsom
For Karen and for Riley
SUNDAY APRIL 2
1
• WASHINGTON, D.C.GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,SPECIAL CARE UNIT, 10:10 P.M.The slow pound of Nicholas Marten's heart sounded like a drum buried somewhere inside him. His own breath, as he inhaled and exhaled, resonated as if it were a movie sound track. So did the sound of Caroline's labored breathing as she lay on the bed next to him.For what seemed the tenth time in half that many minutes he looked at her. Her eyes were closed, as they had been, her hand resting gently in his. For all the life in it, it might as well have been a glove. Nothing more.How long had he been in Washington? Two days? Three? Flown there from his home in Manchester, England, almost immediately after Caroline's call asking him to come. He'd known the minute he heard her voice something was terribly wrong. It had been filled with dread and fear and helplessness, and then she'd told him what it was: She had a very aggressive, untreatable
Название книги: The Machiavelli Covenant
Автор(ы): Allan Folsom
Жанр: Триллер
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/The-Machiavelli-Covenant-193542.html
Copyright © 2006 by Allan Folsom
For Karen and for Riley
SUNDAY APRIL 2
1
• WASHINGTON, D.C.GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL,SPECIAL CARE UNIT, 10:10 P.M.The slow pound of Nicholas Marten's heart sounded like a drum buried somewhere inside him. His own breath, as he inhaled and exhaled, resonated as if it were a movie sound track. So did the sound of Caroline's labored breathing as she lay on the bed next to him.For what seemed the tenth time in half that many minutes he looked at her. Her eyes were closed, as they had been, her hand resting gently in his. For all the life in it, it might as well have been a glove. Nothing more.How long had he been in Washington? Two days? Three? Flown there from his home in Manchester, England, almost immediately after Caroline's call asking him to come. He'd known the minute he heard her voice something was terribly wrong. It had been filled with dread and fear and helplessness, and then she'd told him what it was: She had a very aggressive, untreatable
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