Classified: ESS Novella File, #2

By Ian Howe

Could you kill a killer?

Or would you comply willingly and conform for the killer of your son be given the safety and shelter of the Witness Protection Program? Probably not.

Danger, conspiracy and adrenalin supervene when Kip and Nessa receive a sanction for this mark in the WPP. On top of that, they're convinced they spot a dead person, or at least someone who should be dead. Can this be rectified without further confusion?

What could possibly go wrong?

Book 2 in the ESS novella files.

Aprox 200ebook pages, 23.5K words. 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ian Howe
• Release date: Dec 30, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386977070

Ian Howe

About the not so serious life's too short me.     Hi, I have spent sixty years now travelling, searching, experiencing and learning the in's and out's of human life. In spite of working hard for a living until ill health put a stop to that, I reflected upon my somewhat busy hobby history. After spending more than one and a half decades in education, apart from fishing, my hobbies included, a decade of keeping fit and martial arts, a decade of shooting small and large firearms and scuba diving, more than a decade of sailing and, although not a hobby, a decade fighting the humans nemesis called cancer. After all this I am still non the wiser, so I gave up trying to understand human life.     I did however, achieve to be gifted with three amazingly lovely children in those busy decades .     I moved to Cornwall in the 90's, deciding to stay on this planet for as long as possible. Later I took the decision to retire early, (with a little help from the cancer and arthritis I might add), and then met my now tremendous second wife Sue. Spending this latter decade reading, writing and towing a caravan around the UK when the weather permits. ​     Many thanks, best wishes and good health to all.     One life, live it, enjoy. Ollie.... Ian.

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ESS Novella File # 2.

Classified

By

Ian Howe

In case you didn’t know.

UK Cornish born Kip was raised and educated in the Midlands. He left school at sixteen with his O-level qualifications in the late 70’s to pursue a career with the MOD’s weapons and explosives research and development department in Uxbridge, Kent, UK. After accomplishing his target pay grade and the highest position available within the department, he transferred his career option and enrolled with the Commandos. Later on in his service career he joined the SAS at the rank of Squadron Quartermaster Sargent, (SQS). However, several years and tours later and after learning about his reputation and talents the Special Boats Services (SBS) requisitioned his services and experience as an underwater explosive’s ordnance expert, where he successfully saw out his service years as Captain. Now, in his 50’s Kip is a registered private investigator and owns and runs a personal security consultancy service. But, more significantly, in the spring of 2011, several years after a suicide bomber took his wife and only child, he willingly accepted a commission as a highly skilled covert field operative and assassin for the ESS. The government funded ESS, is an elite covert section of the joint Secret Intelligence Service, SIS/MI6 & MI5. So covert, its very existence is only known by a select few in government, military intelligence and our armed forces. Nessa Marrak also born in Cornwall UK, an ex-military girl herself is a 3rd Dan black belt in jujitsu and Kip’s partner in crime so to speak, since the summer of 2011. Nessa shares a platonic relationship with Kip on his yacht Ollie (one life live it enjoy), on the waters off the South-West of England. The ESS rid our soil of the evil low-life that either evades capture or our Justice System fails to incarcerate. Permanently! 

That is True Justice! 

That is a Proper job!

Introduction

ESS or Existus Secretum Summitate is loosely translated from Latin to top secret termination.

Originally the ESS was the brainchild of one Edward Stanner on the turn of the millennium, who somehow managed to persuade and convince the necessary people of his time for the development of a covert team of True Justice Enforcers. TJE as Ed originally called it. Eventually a go-ahead for a three-year trial was granted. It was in 2001 when the very first mission was completed, and with military precision and success. The three-year trial period proved to be an outstanding complete success, and here we are today. After 17 years a tight fitting elite covert unit funded by but not officially associated with SIS/MI6-MI5. On paper this unit does not exist. ESS has covert operatives operating mainly within the UK but it is believed there is some working in other countries. ‘C’ is Numero Uno and the head of this department, usually operating from an office deep inside Vauxhall Cross (MI6) or Thanes House (MI5).

British intelligence agencies have groups of covert teams working around the clock and all over the world. MI5, MI6, SIS, SAS and all alike know of their existence. These ‘Black Opp guys’ if you want to label them, are handpicked teams usually of six or seven guys, five of which are the élite of ex SAS and the remainder are handpicked from one or two of the other agencies. Depending on their mission, depicts who is in the ‘‘Team’’. They work under the command of the Foreign Office and assist SIS operations wherever in the world they’re required. Whereas, the ESS field agents are highly trained Ex-Forces and experienced assassins of one individual, or two in our case, working alone, mainly in Britain.

Chapter I

Five previously unconnected incidences.

Roger Peak brutally murdered an ex-con, a previously convicted sex offender of young teenage girls Tony Turnbull in the nineteen-sixties. Tony’s body was discovered by a teenage couple walking the country lanes in Hampshire whilst on their summer camping holiday. According to the forensic reports, Tony had laid there about a week, unnoticed. The report also concluded that Tony had undergone brutal traumas to his genitals and anal passage pre-mortem, before the asphyxiation that ended his ordeal and life. After some months of investigations, a suspect was apprehended, and finally admitted to the crime of unlawfully killing the said Tony Turnbull around midnight on the 1st of June, 1989. Now some may well say well done Roger, well actually, probably a lot of people did, but the law disagreed and in 1990, they sentenced the vigilante to a life sentence with a minimum of fifteen years. From that punishment, the post court blather was that the judge had agreed with the general public, and this blather was also reinforced by the choice of the category ‘C’ Dartmoor Prison where Roger was to serve out his sentence.

Ashley Morgan battered to death a 22-year-old drug pusher after his sister’s death caused by dirty drug ingestions. Jarvis Brown, a known community drug pusher was found dead at the scene. The police had responded and attended a 999 call for a violent fight outside a night club late one night, about midnight, on the 1st of June 1989, in Windsor. There was no way out of this for Ashley, because he was still pounding Jarvis Brown’s lifeless body when the police arrived. He was accordingly arrested for the assault and later the murder of Mr Brown. With his lawyer’s advice he pleaded guilty under special circumstances.

In court Ashley described his momentary fit of fury as not being in control of his own actions, and it was indeed an attack of unrivalled passion, brought on by his sister’s death, by the very drugs that Jarvis Brown had peddled. Although the jury had some sympathy with Ashley and his passionate fury, they had no choice but to find him guilty, and they did, unanimously. Ashley was later sentenced to a minimum of 14 years, to be served in the category ‘C’ Dartmoor Prison in 1990.

Simon Jefferson, a contract brick layer and built like one too, was found guilty at Bristol Crown Court for killing a local taxi driver in his own taxi during a trip from a night club to Jefferson’s home. The murder took place about midnight on the 2nd of November, 1989. The 48-year-old taxi driver, Gurmeet Singh, was stabbed in the neck from behind and bled out in his seat at some traffic lights. The knife was found in the taxi and forensics matched the prints to Jefferson and was subsequently detained and arrested. In court Simon Jefferson pleaded not guilty, but with his prints on the murder weapon, inside the vehicle, and on the outer door handle, the evidence against him was overwhelming, and the jury found him guilty. Jefferson was sentenced for 22 years at the category ‘B’ Bristol Prison, Horfield, in the summer of 1991.

In 2001 Jefferson was transferred to Dartmoor Prison to serve out the remainder of his term. During his time in Horfield, Jefferson had admitted to the murder to various cell mates and claimed his reason for the kill was because he had heard rumours and accusations about Gurmeet even though he was a farther of six