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‘You weren't in the Provos from conviction, you did it for kicks. Then you spied on them for kicks. Now you infiltrate drug operations, and the reason's not all those lives you reckon you're saving, it's still the same one. There's nothing like it to get the adrenalin going, is there? You're hooked. You crossed the line between pretending to be a thug and being one when you stopped seeing the difference between risking your own life and risking other people's.'
Brady dug his clenched fists against his sides because he wanted to strike out again and was ashamed to. Fury left him helpless. He had no words, nothing left to fight with.
‘I think you'd better go now.' With masterly disdain Donovan walked away.
In the office Shapiro turned to Liz with satisfaction in his eyes.
He murmured, ‘Sometimes I see reason to hope that young man will make a police officer.'
Liz smiled. ‘So are you going to tell him what Brady's chief said?'
‘About whether Donovan might be interested in a transfer? I don't see that I have any choice,' Shapiro said solemnly. ‘A young copper's entitled to take advancement when it's offered.'
‘Do me a favour,' begged Liz. ‘Make sure I'm there when you tell him. I really, really want to see his face.'
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THE MATRIX
THE WINTER PLAIN
A CACTUS GARDEN
STRIVING WITH GODS
MOSAIC
THE MASON CODEX
GILGAMESH
THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN
SHARDS
DEATH AND OTHER LOVERS
A BLEEDING OF INNOCENTS
CHARISMA. Copyright @ 1994 by Jo Bannister. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
 
 
First published as
Sins of the Heart
in Great Britain by Macmillan London Limited.
 
 
eISBN 9781466810228
First eBook Edition : January 2012
 
 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bannister, Jo.
Charisma / Jo Bannister.
p. cm.
I. Title.
PR6052.A497C48 1994
823'.914—dc20
94-12787
CIP
First U.S. Edition: September 1994

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