Priors - Stuart Jackson E.
| Автор: | Stuart Jackson E. |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
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| Жанр произведения: | Зарубежные детективы |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781456620233 |
The poppy.<br><br>Opium. Morphine. Heroin.<br><br>The Sumerians — thousands of years before the birth of Christ — knew of the powers of the wild poppy plant. Today 40% of the world's production is grown in Tasmania.<br><br>The Poppy fields of this island state are the most secure in the world. Or are they?<br><br>David Barron of the Federal Police is sent to check security and uncovers a seemingly simple plan to steal from the protected fields. Soon the simple plan becomes complex — murders, suicides, bribery — and a trail that leads into the ranks of the Federal Police itself.<br><br>James Christie — captured by the police at the scene of a brutal killing — holds the key to ensuring that Barron can bring the case to a speedy conclusion. But Christie is whisked away in a daring gun battle outside Melbourne.<br><br>Barron must work feverishly if he is to stop his work coming unravelled. <br><br>First he has to find Christie, and a mysterious woman is going to make it difficult for him.