Summary

In Chapter 19, inside Shlykov’s apartment, Nate watched as one of the men found a suitcase under the bed and hid secret writing carbons between the layers of the lid. He showed Nate how he left obvious pinch marks in the suitcase flashing as a clue. They hid a tiny notebook with printed keys to read encrypted messages in a hollowed out spot in a chessboard.

When Dominika arrived in Istanbul to investigate Shlykov she knew she would have to be careful. She had a list of the things she should look for in Shlykov’s apartment but knew she had to gauge her reactions to the things she found. During Dominika’s interview with Shlykov, he harmed himself when got angry and refused to let anyone search his apartment. When he brought attention to Dominika’s career as a sparrow and Dominika...