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MAXIMILIAN

The Hackney Six By Nnamdi C Oleforo

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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

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1MAXIMILIAN

164but in qualification.

2Chapter 1 The Gallery with No Cameras

165"Yes," Obi said. "Or someone."

3second course.

166four words.

4the idyllic scene upon the canvas.

167"Same infrastructure as last night?"

5Detective Superintendent Mark Hale.

168his phone.

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6Perfectly level, now.

169"Then who?"

7In the cornicing above the empty room, the four cameras

170Chapter 21 The Womaniser's Last Lie

8Chapter 2 Soho's Velvet Trap

171"Kane."

9The loft smelled of Ethiopian dark roast and the faint, mineral

172"Twenty minutes."

10Antibes.'

173"For how long?"

11his mug again.

174"What thing?"

12And from outside, six floors below the blackout windows of a

175spoke again until Harlow.

13Chapter 3 Kane Bishop's Midnight Smile

176"Renee—"

14Okonkwo.'

177weight.

15The first: the secondary alarm panel, the override, not the main

178"Names cost more than names."

16conspicuous.

179Not a question.

17Still manageable.

180"The woman. The one from Shoreditch."

18Chapter 4 The Hack Behind the Painting

181Kane drove. Harlow behind him. London ahead. The city's

19people's cars.

182Chapter 22 The Sister Who Saw Too Much

20Possibly.

18311:43:07. Process origin: system-level. Not user-initiated.

21Forty-seven seconds.

184Eleven minutes.

22Seventy-two hours.

185Seven minutes.

23in the dark:

186Ten minutes and forty seconds.

24minutes.

187noise.

25Chapter 5 Tyrell's Perfect Escape Line

188"Femi."

26nights before the job.

189Another silence.

27Perfect.

190"Yes."

28Chapter 6 Obi Alexander's Quiet Deal

191A beat.

29"Understood."

192Chapter 23 The Baby Who Changed Everything

30"Femi. Status."

193right place.

31The outer cameras on the north-east face of the Mayfair

194"Yeah," Tyrell said.

32"Confirmed. One minute fifty."

195Jerome the trouble."

33"Running."

196conversation."

34"Copy that." And then, almost inaudibly, something that might

197"Right now? Coffee."

35"Kane."

198daughter.

36"Moving."

199Chapter 24 The Donor's Private Dinner

37Chapter 7 The Donor Who Never Forgives

200the floor.

38sight.

201downward look.

39Upstairs window, ground level NW, clear.

202'Days. Not weeks.'

40Inside.

203something large by understatement.

41"Two minutes, Kane."

204significantly more reach than a political donor and a pressured detective.'

42his jacket for the transport casing.

205decanter, still undrunk.

43The rectangular ghost of disturbed dust and lighter paint where

206dinner with tonight.'

44"Done?" Tyrell said.

207Chapter 25 The Syndicate's Silent Purchase

45"Done," Kane said.

208Maximilian's driver, a compact, expressionless man in a

46Confirmed.

209"Sit down, Mark."

47In a townhouse on a quiet Mayfair street, a security camera on

210"Nothing, Mark."

48Chapter 8 Crypto in the Marble Basement

211Silence.

49forget routes.

212them worse.

50His phone, the clean one, the pay-as-you-go from the Dalston

213factual instruction. A correct route.

51Green. Proceed to B.

214"Yes," Maximilian said. "You are."

52restaurant.

215question.

53'Kane?'

216operational—"

54Confirmed. Package verified.

217brilliantly lit.

55as normal.

218Chapter 26 The Phone That Shouldn't Ring

56A flag.

219Blue Jag. Redchurch. Now.

57For the first time in the entire operation, through every

220people in a car."

58Chapter 9 The Woman in the Mayfair Window

221Day one: a camera on Commercial Road at 11 p.m., three days

59Inside the townhouse at the appropriate address, a number that

222"Methodically," Obi said.

60Laurence Maximilian, sixty-three, silver-haired in the manner of

223a location."

61Then:

224and occupied space.

62"Mark." Not Detective Superintendent, not any title. Just the

225Unknown Number.

63Another pause.

226He stopped. Breathed.

64carefully.

227it a little longer.

65A beat.

228"Yes."

66Chapter 10 The Rooftop Where Secrets Slip

229Chapter 27 The Rooftop Confrontation

67"No. Thank you."

230them. From somewhere below, the muffled rhythm of a bustling

68fingers.

231"Who?"

69A pause.

232"Three. Perhaps four."

70language."

233the line between advantageous and untraceable."

71camera. A jacket, dark, unremarkable.

234Kane.

72other completely.

235by its stem.

73Chapter 11 Reon's Question About His Father

236gaze.

74with considerable weight.

2376 a.m. tomorrow.

75utilitarian.

238The Dalston loft.

76explain things.”

239"Femi," Obi called.

77"Right."

240"Kane," Obi said.

78hover in contemplation.

241"Speak."

79A brief pause hung in the air.

242than a question.

80subtle undercurrent.

243"Precisely," Obi said.

81Chapter 12 Amina's Knock at the Door

244simultaneously.

82"Obi and them."

245Chapter 28 The Donor's Final Warning

83paperback.

246"Or he might not."

84"Last night."

247back down.

85clear.

248own recent behaviour.

86"Yeah?"

249"Indefinitely."

87He said, "No."

250near the house."

88Are you in trouble, Femi?

251"His nan. Coventry."

89Detective Superintendent Mark Hale.

252"Amina's at the flat."

90Chapter 13 The Donor's Ultimatum

253Nods around the table.

91"Kane."

254Another pause. Longer.

92Come in. Stop standing in the doorway.

255end."

93her observation.

256Chapter 29 The Crew That Wouldn't Break

94"Mostly."

257department—"

95a promise about later."

258"Considerably."

96pavement. Clear as anything.

259call.

97"Yours," said Obi.

260portal.

98"Solid enough."

261Not evidence against Hale. Not yet.

99Chapter 14

262Chapter 30 The Crypto Ghost

100The Loft That Isn't Safe Anymore

263Thursday.

101The flat smelled of warm milk and fabric softener and

264back."

102the birds."

265"Obi."

103"Yeah. Tuesday."

266in the mirror.

104Eyes open tonight.

267Just four.

105Femi's. Twenty minutes. Now.

268knew about. On Hale.

106Chapter 15 The Crypto Trail That Vanished

269Four characters.

107"Reon. Two minutes."

270Mercedes outside Reon's school.

108Outside: September, grey-bright, that particular London

271formation agent in Victoria, and four characters from Obi.

109A pause.

272Chapter 31 The Man in the Black Car

110for three consecutive mornings.

273He called Renee.

111Probably nothing.

274"Same thing, sometimes."

112"What kind of something?"

275"Away."

113Another silence.

276"And you."

114"Femi."

277A pause.

115"What?"

278"All right."

116information first."

279address. Not his. Not the crew's. Renee's.

117Probably nothing.

280No woman. No leverage.

118Three consecutive mornings.

281move.

119message twice.

282for the first departure.

120No particular destination.

283Chapter32 The Donor's Rage

121Chapter 16 The Man in the Tailored Mask

284"Yes."

122paper.

285"Not of—"

123The first: Kane Bishop on Grosvenor Square, three weeks

286"Amina."

124Not a greeting. A register.

287And motivated people with police powers and political backing

125"Building."

288thinking. Still you.

126"One thing at a time."

289almost calm.

127trick.

290Chapter 33 The Case That Went Cold

128"Right."

291Superintendent Mark Hale.

129Audley Street.

292"Thank you, Constable."

130Red Golf. Partial plate. Corner of Matthias Road.

293warmth.

131The two photographs of Kane Bishop on South Audley Street

294"How long?"

132response."

295"And Bishop?"

133"Good," Hale said.

296"Yes."

134Chapter 17 Tyrell's Panic at the Lights

297back into place.

135at it for a long time.

298his ribs.

136A message from his daughter's school.

299Chapter 34 The Cop Who Chose a Side

137confirm attendance.

300"The flagged account from the St Katharine Docks register. I

138"When?"

301cross-referenced it with—"

139him. Wrapped both hands around the mug.

302"Twelve."

140"Good."

303something concrete by the end of the week."

141Chapter 18 The Donor's Second Threat

304Twelve hours. No earlier.

142Agnieszka Morozova.

305And Detective Superintendent Mark Hale, who had chosen a

143Gone.

306Chapter 35 The Father and the Son

144their patient, indifferent glow.

307over.

145moment.

308And yet.

146"Stop."

309"Yeah."

147"Yes."

310"Right," Femi said. "Right. Yeah."

148"Before midnight."

311"Observant."

149something with it."

312"Bit much for a Tuesday."

150Chapter 19 The Crew That Cracked

313"Yeah."

151professional:

314It was Tyrell.

152premonition.

315"What kind of collection?"

153"Theatrical," Hale said.

316"Good."

154"Twenty-three minutes."

317Chapter 36 Maximilian's Shadow

155"No," Hale said. "It's not."

318The storage.

156"Mark."

319The painting.

157"What about him?"

320Maximilian stood in the drawing room of his Mayfair

158Two warnings, then. Not one.

321Just the one word.

159indifferent.

322Forty million.

160Chapter 20 The Painting That Shouldn't Exist

323Three months before.

161Still clean.

324Acknowledgement

162Obi. A single line.

325About the Author

163Meet me. The usual. Eleven.

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