‘Fuck knows.’ Petra punched in a number and waited impatiently for an answer. ‘Hello? Shark, is that you? Thank God you’re still there. Listen, I need you to do something. I haven’t got time to explain, but Radecki and Krasic have to be brought in right now. I want you to talk to KriPo, SchuPo, traffic, everybody. I want every cop in the city looking for them and I want them now.’

For some unfathomable reason, The Shark was laughing. ‘Hey, Petra, it’s not often I get the jump on you,’ he spluttered.

‘What? You mean they’re already in custody?’

‘No, but I can see Radecki from where I’m sitting,’ he said.

‘What?’

‘He’s on TV – Business Berlin. You know, that live studio programme where they get smart suits to talk to the politicos.’

‘He’s at the TV studios now?’ She couldn’t believe her luck.

‘Well, yeah. I mean, like I said, it’s live.’

‘Thank you, God,’ Petra breathed. ‘Shark, who’s around?’

‘Well, there’s just me from the squad. There’s still three of the Special Ops guys here with their boss; they’re typing up their reports about the raid on the farm. I wish I’d been there, it sounds wild. Oh, and there’s a couple of Brits here too, looking for you actually.’

‘Brits?’

‘Some top man called Morgan and one of the desk jockeys from Den Haag, Gander or something.’

Suddenly, Berlin was the only place to be. ‘Never mind them. Tell them to talk to Plesch. Can you put the Special Ops commander on? Now, Shark.’ While she waited impatiently, Petra covered the mouthpiece and spoke to Carol. ‘I can’t believe this. Radecki’s doing a live TV show right now. We can put a tail on him, hopefully he’ll take us straight to Tony.’

‘Oh God, that’s right. I forgot. When he got here, he said he had to go to the TV studios. Jesus, I’m such a fucking fool,’ Carol moaned.

‘No, you’re not, you’re traumatized.’ She looked at her watch. ‘The show’s only been on air for seven minutes. It’s a forty-five-minute programme. The studios are only five minutes from here. It’s going to be OK.’ She heard a voice in her ear and held a hand up to indicate to Carol that she was back on the phone.