"Дон Пендлтон. Blood Sport ("Палач" #46) " - читать интересную книгу автора

Brognola forced the issue. "What happened with Sergeant Grendal, Stony
Man?"
"Out of business. Permanently. So too his partner, Corporal William
Tomlin. Our informant is on ice."
"You... okay?" April asked quietly.
"Fine. Snagged my pants on a sharp bullet, that's all."
"I'll mend it for you," she offered.
"I didn't know you gals did that kind of work anymore," Bolan responded
warmly.
"On special occasions. For special people."
"Knock it off, you two," Btognola growled. "I have to advise you,
Striker, that the situation is a lot different than we first envisioned."
"Different how?"
"Bigger".
"I'm listening."
"Much bigger. All of this has all been hush-hush for the past two
weeks, even from me, till the intelligence boys got the clue as to what was
going on."
"What the hell's up, Hal? Spit it out."
"Kidnappings. All over Europe."
"Who's been snatched?"
"Well, that's the kooky part."
"Athletes," April said. "Professionals from all different countries.
Babette Pavlovski..."
"The gymnast who defected from Czechoslovakia two years ago?" asked
Bolan, his voice strong, direct.
"That's the one. She's been touring Europe coach with the American
gymnastics team. It's not yet known by the press, but she disappeared one
night two weeks ago."
"Retaliation maybe. Those guys don't much care for defectors. Bad
public relations".
Brognola negated that. "She's not an isolated case, Stony Man. The
Olympic skier Udo Ganz didn't show up last Tuesday at his job with a Munich
insurance office. Hasn't been seen since. Mako Samata, a martial arts
champion with a chain of studios across France, taught an akido class at his
Paris studio two weeks ago, then disappeared without locking up. Clifford
Barnes-Fenwick, a top archer from Wales, was supposed to meet last week with
his estranged wife to discuss their impending divorce. He never showed up.
When she went to his apartment, she found it torn apart."
"Keep spilling," Bolan's voice commanded.
"You're not going to like it," Brognola said.
"We've had two identifications. Witnesses positively identified from
photographs a man seen at two of the kidnapping sites. Thomas Morganslicht."
There was three thousand miles of longdistance silence. Then Bolan
spoke. Quietly. His mind was already locked onto the problem. "Thomas
Morganslicht, number one creep of the Zwilling Horde. The same group coming
tonight to buy our army's stolen weapons."
"The same."
"Don't forget his twin sister, Tanya," April cut in. "Zwilling is
German for gemini, twins, right? She's as much the leader as he is. And just