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Year first published: 2002<\/p>\n

First Edition: No<\/p>\n

Condition: Good<\/p>\n

Pages: 345<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Detective Martin Murphy is undercover – and over here. The man loves music – but it makes him think too much. He loves the drink – and it dulls everything. What he really wants is to get back on the streets, doing what he does best. Fighting crime. But his medical file says he should be retired. Then his boss, Murdoch, offers him one final chance: to infiltrate a gang of diamond thieves. They are tough, violent and ruthless. 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