title: Slow Burn (Leo Waterman Mysteries)
author:  G.M. Ford 
description: "A fine writer. . .Leo Waterman is worth spending time with." -- <i>Chicago Tribune</i><br /><br />"A hugely entertaining, over-the-top caper." -- <i>Publishers Weekly</i>
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  OTHER TITLES BY CONRAD JONES
  
  SLOW BURN
  
  SOFT TARGET
  
  SOFT TARGET II `TANK`
  
  The 18th Brigade
  
  THE CHILD TAKER
  
  `BLISTER`
  
  GerriCon Books Ltd
  
  Copyright 2010 Conrad Jones. All rights reserved.
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
  transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.
  
  The places named in this book are real. The fictional events are based on
  factual ones but have been changed by the author. Any similarity between the
  fictional characters and people in the public domain are coincidental, and are
  generated purely from the imagination of the author.
  
  First published by GerriCon Books Ltd 2010
  
  Chapter One
  
  Tank
  
  John Tankersley switched on the wipers to clear the drizzle from the
  windscreen of his black four by four. It had been raining heavily for the last
  three days. The sky was a dark shade of gunmetal grey, which indicated that it
  wasn’t going to stop raining any time soon. Suddenly, forked lighteni