Flight Risks

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Douglas Schofield. Flight Risks

AUTHOR’S FOREWORD

PROLOGUE

PART I: BRITISH COLUMBIA; SEPTEMBER 28 – OCTOBER 12. ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

SIXTEEN

SEVENTEEN

EIGHTEEN

NINETEEN

PART II: FLORIDA; OCTOBER 13 – NOVEMBER 5. TWENTY

TWENTY-ONE

TWENTY-TWO

TWENTY-THREE

TWENTY-FOUR

TWENTY-FIVE

TWENTY-SIX

PART III: GRAND CAYMAN; NOVEMBER 6 – NOVEMBER 15. TWENTY-SEVEN

TWENTY-EIGHT

TWENTY-NINE

THIRTY

THIRTY-ONE

THIRTY-TWO

PART IV: BRITISH COLUMBIA; NOVEMBER 16 – JANUARY 4. THIRTY-THREE

THIRTY-FOUR

THIRTY-FIVE

THIRTY-SIX

THIRTY-SEVEN

THIRTY-EIGHT

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It will come as no surprise to the reader that Flight Risks is a work of fiction. But beyond the usual disclaimer about any similarity between the novel’s characters and real persons being purely coincidental, another point should be clearly understood. Many novelists writing about international financial skulduggery seem unable to resist resorting to the facile device of ‘secret bank accounts’ in the Cayman Islands. This is pure mythology. In fact, the Cayman Islands’ anti-money-laundering regulations are far more rigorous – and far more vigilantly enforced – than those of many ‘onshore’ jurisdictions. Anyone who doubts this statement should try opening a bank account in the Cayman Islands.

In the car, five dark-eyed young men sat erect, staring ahead at a dramatic city skyline, starkly silhouetted against an opalescent sky.

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On the trailer, a wide strap restraining the rear of the load suddenly parted with a report as loud as a cannon. The load abruptly shifted, pipe ends splaying.

A horrifying chain reaction of failure followed, as a second strap let go and, with a shriek of grinding metal, tons of pipe rolled off the trailer.

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