The Geneva Trap

The Chinese were the modern-day Bogeyman, thought Bokus. If a thirty-year-old Defense Department computer belched twice in South Dakota, everybody attributed the problem to dirty doings emanating from Beijing.

Not for Mrs Milner the new practice of bringing a plastic bag along for collection purposes – Heaven forbid – but at least she was selective about where Milly was allowed to go.

Martin said, ‘I can think of nothing more boring than watching cars go round and round a track at three hundred kilometres an hour.

He also liked having young Molly Plum bring the files in. She was sweet and very pretty, and young enough to be his daughter. Better still, she seemed slightly in awe of him, which was not an attitude he was inclined to try and change.