Volley ball captain of her university team, no mean exponent of the martial arts. A personal fitness trainer had described her once as a perfectly tuned human machine. She didn’t think that he was only saying this so he could charge her more. Or might he have been trying to come on to her? She could have been an Arctic explorer (she had not entirely given up hope of achieving that adolescent ambition), or an Everest climber. Dream on Modesty Blaise…
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Prologue
(Kilmahog, Scotland, 2000)
Osmosis and diffusion...
Book 3
Book 3 Chapter 8: The Life and Times of Gina (Born 1924)
(Italy and UK, 2000)
The family farm in a village upon whose name no two families agreed,on the edge of Montepulciano, which was even then one of the most backward places on eart...
Book 3 Chapter 9: Babi Yar
(Ukraine, 1941)
He watched this scene in a state of shock. Someone pushed a bottle of vodka towards his mouth and he took a swill. At first he thought he was going to be sic...
Book 4
Book 4 Chapter 1: From Allapur to Ullapool
(Ullapool, Scotland, Now)
Katrina had cycled extensively in the Highlands and had spent three days in Ullapool. The town was charming enough but not riveting, and she had thought of g...