Affairs of State (2014)
“He has her address and her social security number, and that’s about all. He’s going to have to improvise. He drives at about ninety-five miles an hour on the motorway; the Morvan flies past in the dark, he needs to get on her case as quickly as possible.Antoinette Michel lives in a magnificent dark wood chalet built on a white stone base on the slopes of Lake Annecy encircled by mountains. It has a terrace and a balcony looking out over a meadow, a steep slope planted with a few bare fruit tree...s; far below lies the stone-grey lake. Laurencin, standing still, slowly breathes in the silence and the cold. He turns around. There’s a light on in an upstairs room but no sign of movement. At the back of the house is a big garage opening onto the road. He tries the handle. The door is unlocked. He steps inside and glances around. It’s tidy and in the centre is a huge Range Rover, its tyres still caked with mud.A wealthy woman, or at least very comfortably off, a seemingly peaceful existence.MoreLess
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