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  1. MOTIVE X
  2. The Fabian Risk Thrillers
  3. MOTIVE X
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Prologue
  7. PART I
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 4
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  47. PART II
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  97. About the author and translator
  98. Acknowledgements
  99. An Invitation from the Publisher

‘I’m going to leave that one to Mr Risk, since he was the one who expressly asked me to leave them be until further notice.’ Molander turned back to Fabian. ‘Don’t worry. I’m in complete agreement. Sometimes, it’s best to let a sleeping bear lie.’ He fired off a smile and an almost imperceptible wink.

‘I’m not worried whether you agree with me or not.’ Fabian returned Molander’s look but let the smile pass by unacknowledged, then turned to the others. ‘I’m concerned he’ll realize we’re on to him if we start taking down and examining too many of the cameras.’

‘That’s true,’ Tuvesson said. ‘But how do the women in question feel about it?’

‘I know how I would feel,’ Lilja said.

‘One checked in to a hotel, another decided to go visit her parents in Båstad until this is over. The other two have agreed to carry on as normal.’

‘If you can even do that with a camera in your bedroom.’

‘Sure, that’s debatable. But they’ve promised to try, and I have promised them police protection in return.’

‘Okay.’ Tuvesson sighed and turned to Molander. ‘Then the question should be how you’re getting on with Wessman’s webcams, because I assume you’ve at least examined those.’

‘I have indeed, and I have to say I’m pretty impressed by this Comorowski, if he is in fact the one who constructed and installed them, that is.’

‘And the server, or whatever it is these cameras are sending their pictures to, have you been able to locate that yet?’

‘No.’ Molander smiled widely. ‘And that’s the reason I’m so impressed. As you may know, most webcams are USB based, which means you need a processor and quite a bit of electronics to turn the data into something that can be transferred over an ordinary ethernet cable. Just connecting electricity to the camera itself can be a challenge, given that the IEE 802.3at PoE+- standard can’t deliver more than 25 watts.’

‘Ingvar, please get to the point.’

‘Sorry, that last part was parenthetical. But the rest is pretty much the point, because the same processor is also pro­grammed to create a VPN tunnel and TOR router. Smart, no?’

Tuvesson exchanged looks with the others. ‘Does anyone know what he’s talking about?’