Peter took her gently by the arm. ‘Schatzi, I can go ahead, find this Dr Bofinger, and find out where Liesl is. I can’t see what hope Blake has of rescuing her. Look at this place – there’s only one way in across this causeway and there are guards everywhere.’
‘I’m going onto the island, Peter. I want to have a look at this new causeway. It wasn’t here when my ex-husband ran the shipping line.’ By force of habit and perceived necessity Claire had always kept some things secret from Peter. She didn’t tell him why, but she needed to see for herself the extent of the causeway, because she was searching for something very valuable.
A sentry with a Mauser rifle slung over his shoulder came out of a hut to meet them and saluted Peter.
‘I am looking for Herr Doktor Bofinger,’ Peter said.
‘You
