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The Mayfair gallery smelled of beeswax and old money. Maximilian stared at the empty space on the silk-damask wall. His tailored suit felt like armour, but his pulse was ragged. He did not dial 999. He dialed a private, unlisted number."Hale," the voice answered, heavy with the fatigue of a London dawn."The Caravaggio is gone from the study," Maximilian said, his voice flat. "You have forty-eight hours.""Maximilian, this isn't how we do things," Detective Superintendent Mark Hale replied from Scotland Yard. "There are protocols.""Do not lecture me, Mark. I know exactly how much your department leaned on my offshore vehicles to fund the Cyprus operation. If that painting is not back, or if I do not have a name to feed to my insurers, the Commissioner will receive a detailed spreadsheet regarding your operational accounts. Find it."The line went dead. Meanwhile, the British Crew—led by Obi with Kane, Femi, and Tyrell—vanished into the night with the prize
Audiobook details
GenreOther, General Fiction
Length9 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 7, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1MAXIMILIAN
2Chapter 1 The Gallery with No Cameras
3second course.
4the idyllic scene upon the canvas.
5Detective Superintendent Mark Hale.
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6Perfectly level, now.
7In the cornicing above the empty room, the four cameras
8Chapter 2 Soho's Velvet Trap
9The loft smelled of Ethiopian dark roast and the faint, mineral
10Antibes.'
11his mug again.
12And from outside, six floors below the blackout windows of a
13Chapter 3 Kane Bishop's Midnight Smile
14Okonkwo.'
15The first: the secondary alarm panel, the override, not the main
16conspicuous.
17Still manageable.
18Chapter 4 The Hack Behind the Painting
19people's cars.
20Possibly.
21Forty-seven seconds.
22Seventy-two hours.
23in the dark:
24minutes.
25Chapter 5 Tyrell's Perfect Escape Line
26nights before the job.
27Perfect.
28Chapter 6 Obi Alexander's Quiet Deal
29"Understood."
30"Femi. Status."
31The outer cameras on the north-east face of the Mayfair
32"Confirmed. One minute fifty."
33"Running."
34"Copy that." And then, almost inaudibly, something that might
35"Kane."
36"Moving."
37Chapter 7 The Donor Who Never Forgives
38sight.
39Upstairs window, ground level NW, clear.
40Inside.
41"Two minutes, Kane."
42his jacket for the transport casing.
43The rectangular ghost of disturbed dust and lighter paint where
44"Done?" Tyrell said.
45"Done," Kane said.
46Confirmed.
47In a townhouse on a quiet Mayfair street, a security camera on
48Chapter 8 Crypto in the Marble Basement
49forget routes.
50His phone, the clean one, the pay-as-you-go from the Dalston