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Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles face a dilemma that’s both political and personal when they suspect a police officer of taking bribes from under-world criminals Panicking Ralph Ember and Top Banana Mansel Shale. Is Officer Nivette doing some unauthorized undercover work – as Harpur himself often does – or is he really bent? It’s a question of intense interest not only to Harpur and Iles but also to...
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Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral superior ACC Desmond Iles face a dilemma that’s both political and personal when they suspect a police officer of taking bribes from under-world criminals Panicking Ralph Ember and Top Banana Mansel Shale. Is Officer Nivette doing some unauthorized undercover work – as Harpur himself often does – or is he really bent? It’s a question of intense interest not only to Harpur and Iles but also to Ember and Shale, and searching for the answer entails several break-ins to Nivette’s house to look for, take, or plant the evidence. Meanwhile, the body of a pusher is found trussed up on a deserted boat in the city harbour – and then it disappears. His lover frantically, unwisely, starts to ask questions down at the docks; a snoopy television reporter sees a breaking story; and Ember, terrified of exposure, plots the murder of a man who knows too much. Harpur is fast on the trail to make the connections and prevent another crime, but it’s a race against time-and treachery.