Dutch Courage (2012)
“‘On the surface, he’s what you’d expect of a guy who’s twice distinguished himself. I checked his record. Three years ago, on detachment in Sierra Leone, he and three others were captured by trigger-happy teen mercenaries high on some kind of opiate. Our guys were subjected to sadistic humiliation and semi-starved for a week, until Sergeant Collier conceived and led an escape.
‘We’ve all read about his recent rescue of four wounded men at risk to his own life. Action his colleagues should surel...y applaud, yet it appears that one of them resents the public acclaim and has mounted a campaign of harassment against Mrs Collier that culminated in attempting to drive her off the road this morning.
‘She identified the rogue car as a light-blue Audi. Beeny found one parked outside an accommodation block. The owner is on UK leave, so anyone could have borrowed it. That means a hell of a lot of questioning. The anonymous letters sent to Lieutenant Collier threatening to “tell the truth, remove the blinkers from everyone’s eyes”MoreLess
‘We’ve all read about his recent rescue of four wounded men at risk to his own life. Action his colleagues should surel...y applaud, yet it appears that one of them resents the public acclaim and has mounted a campaign of harassment against Mrs Collier that culminated in attempting to drive her off the road this morning.
‘She identified the rogue car as a light-blue Audi. Beeny found one parked outside an accommodation block. The owner is on UK leave, so anyone could have borrowed it. That means a hell of a lot of questioning. The anonymous letters sent to Lieutenant Collier threatening to “tell the truth, remove the blinkers from everyone’s eyes”MoreLess
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