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by Freddie P Peters


  “Boat across the Channel to France. After that, I have not been told.”

  “Why haven’t they told you if you are coming too?”

  “They have alternative routes and will decide at the last minute; more secure that way.”

  “Have you made the trip to Iraq before?”

  “No, but I’ve been to other places …”

  “Such as?”

  Wasim does not reply immediately Henry must learn that he can’t ask all the questions he wants. “Pakistan,” he volunteers.

  Henry nods. He is learning fast from his trainer about the way of the jihad. The training camps, the brutality towards those who cannot make the grade.

  “They want you safely delivered,” Wasim carries on.

  “Are you coming back to the UK after that?”

  Wasim grins. “Inshallah.”

  “Sorry, a no-go area,” Henry replies with raised hands.

  Henry stands up, walks to the broken windows that have been patched up with mismatched wooden planks. Nancy’s image springs into his mind and she feels far away, not only a few hundred miles, but as if she now belongs to another world. He turns back, away from the window, and as he does, Wasim nods.

  “You’re ready.”

  Glossary of Technical Terms

  Term

  Meaning

  ANPR

  Automatic Number Plate Recognition

  IDENT1

  UK central database for biometric identification, fingerprints etc.

  NCA

  National Crime Agency

  SOCO

  Scene of Crime Officer

  SO19

  Special Firearms Command of the Met

  SFO

  Serious Fraud Office

  UVF

  Ulster Volunteer Force

  INTERPOL

  International Criminal Police Organisation

  List of French Expressions with English Translations

  French Dialogue

  English Translation

  Absolument

  Absolutely

  Absolument mon cher

  Absolutely my dear

  Absolument, rebel de la gauche

  Absolutely, left wing rebel

  Andiamo

  Let’s go

  Bien entendu

  Certainly

  C’est vrai

  It’s true

  Dés que j’ai fini

  As soon as I have finished

  En tête à tête

  Face to face (romantic and intimate)

  Ha, voila. Parfait

  Ha, here we are. Perfect

  Je le sais

  I know

  J’ai besoin de vous

  I need you

  J’ai besoin de vous parler

  I need to talk to you

  Je suis trés flattée, mon cher ami

  I am very flattered, my dear

  Ma chére

  My dear (female)

  Ma chére amie

  My dear friend (female)

  Mais je n’en doutais pas moins

  I had no doubt about it

  Messieurs

  Gentlemen

  Mon ami

  My friend (male)

  Mon cher

  My dear (male)

  Mon cher ami

  My dear friend (male)

  N’est-ce pas

  Isn’t it

  Très heureux de l’entendre

  Very glad to hear it

  Une proposition irresistible

  An irresistible offer

  Vraiment

  Really

  Vraiment désolée

  Really sorry

  Henry is ready…ready to face the greatest challenges in his life. He needs to infiltrate ISIL’s terror group, move to its centre in Syria and deliver information to MI6. But you will have to wait a few months to find out whether he succeeds…

  SPY SHADOWS will be coming out in 2020.

  Dear Reader,

  I hope you have enjoyed reading NO TURNING BACK as much as I have enjoyed writing it … Perhaps I can now ask for a small favour? Please take a few minutes to write a review on Amazon, Goodreads or BookBub. Thank you so very much!

  If you would like to find out more about the genesis of NO TURNING BACK, or receive information about the next book in the series, please join Freddie’s book club. Go to www.freddieppeters.com, where you can also find the Glossary of terms and abbreviations.

  Looking forward to connecting with you …

  Freddie

  Acknowledgements

  It takes many people to write and publish a book … for their generosity and support I want to say thank you.

  Cressida Downing, my editor, for her no-nonsense approach and relentless enthusiasm for books … mine in particular. Lucy Llewellyn for her expertise in design and for producing a super book cover, yet again and her team Catriona, Aimee and Melanie. Helena Halme, an author in her own rights, for giving me her help in marketing my books.

  To the friends who have patiently read, reread and advised: Kate Burton, Alison Thorne, Elisabeth Gaunt, Helen Janececk, Prashila Narsing-Chauhan, Geraldine Kelly, Malcolm Fortune, Tim Watts, Gaye Murdock, Kathy Vanderhook, Kat Clarke.

  Finally, a special thanks to ARCADE Gallery for providing plenty of fantastic contemporary art, and to my artist friends Bernard McGuigan and Susan Rosenberg for providing plenty of inspiration.

 

 

 


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