Enjoy another exclusive snippet from Foreign Interception, Carrie’s newest spy thriller, out on September 29:
Carrie stepped to the side and looked around.
The man was gone.
She rose on her tiptoes, then spun around, bumping into someone. When she looked up, she froze, and her eyes widened. Carrie glanced into the green eyes of Wan Suyin. “O’Connor, glad to finally meet you.” The MSS agent gave Carrie a look of triumph.
Carrie tried to move back, but Suyin rammed a pistol into Carrie’s side and cocked the weapon, which made a threatening metallic click. “I wouldn’t do that.” She grabbed Carrie by the arm. “This way.” She led her to the right, between the stalls, and down a narrow alleyway.
The CIS operative thought about her options as they passed a couple of closed doors. She could try to overpower Suyin. It was a risky move, as she could tap the trigger at any moment. Carrie doubted she’d do it, since Carrie was worth more to the Chinese operative alive than dead, but she couldn’t exclude the possibility. There was an unspoken professional courtesy among spies like them, but some people didn’t respect those conventions. Carrie wasn’t sure about whether Suyin was one of those people and didn’t want to find out.
Moreover, Carrie had lost track of the man. He hadn’t met Suyin yet, but was he still going to do that? What intelligence was he giving her? What orders was he receiving? Carrie wouldn’t have any answers to those questions if she was wounded during her struggle with Suyin.
So Carrie slumped her shoulders and lowered her head as the Chinese operative shoved her behind the stalls and into a trash-littered alley. The area was walled in, with no one in sight. It was the perfect place for an execution.
The thought crossing her mind sent chills down her spine. She tried to focus on her escape plan and became more conscious of the pistol’s muzzle jammed between her ribs. A white Jeep appeared up ahead, near the mouth of the alley. The rear door opened, and Carrie noticed the Malay man sliding farther inside the vehicle.
Now is my chance, Carrie thought.
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