A Matter of LoyaltyWhen a bomb goes off in London's West End, Home Secretary Victoria Osborne has a desperate sense of having failed in her duty to protect the public. A young Muslim reporter, Ahmed Khan - on the staff of a national newspaper edited by Victoria's husband - also has a deep-seated sense of anger and responsibility. He persuades his editor to let him go back amongst childhood friends in Leeds to try to glean anything - any lead, any clue - that might help prevent further bombs. When Ahmed meets Victoria's daughter, Nattie, at a party, he cannot get her out of his mind. They begin seeing each other. As he turns over stones in his hometown and finds out uncomfortable facts, his involvement with Nattie has everyone alarmed. He continues to see her andkeep in touch with a group of potential terrorists. Knowing something catastrophic is being planned, Ahmed fears for Nattie's safety and becomes obsessively determined to thwart it... |
Contents
Section 1 | 1 |
Section 2 | 17 |
Section 3 | 31 |
Section 4 | 39 |
Section 5 | 49 |
Section 6 | 63 |
Section 7 | 77 |
Section 8 | 85 |
Section 18 | 217 |
Section 19 | 231 |
Section 20 | 243 |
Section 21 | 255 |
Section 22 | 269 |
Section 23 | 279 |
Section 24 | 291 |
Section 25 | 305 |
Section 9 | 99 |
Section 10 | 115 |
Section 11 | 131 |
Section 12 | 145 |
Section 13 | 159 |
Section 14 | 169 |
Section 15 | 177 |
Section 16 | 193 |
Section 17 | 205 |
Section 26 | 319 |
Section 27 | 335 |
Section 28 | 349 |
Section 29 | 359 |
Section 30 | 375 |
Section 31 | 389 |
Section 32 | 399 |
Section 33 | 413 |
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