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A new investigation for military policeman Max Rydal - Head of 26 Section Special Investigation Branch, Max Rydal, and his deputy, Sergeant Major Tom Black, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party. Meanwhile, security must be tightened ahead of a chess convention, and Max is soon caught up in a case which offers little light relief until he is introduced to one of the competing chess players, the glamorous Livya Cordwell . . .
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This is a new investigation for military policeman Max Rydal. During the hectic weeks before Christmas, the personnel of 26 Section Special Investigation Branch are engaged in shifting their headquarters in Germany. It is not going well. Snow is falling, the heating has failed and tempers are getting frayed. Crime, of course, doesn't stop for the move, and head of section, Max Rydal and his deputy, Sergeant Major Tom Black, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party. Meanwhile a military truck has gone missing, together with its driver, and there's a call for security to be tightened in preparation for the arrival of a high-level chess convention. Max, facing a lonely Christmas on base, is soon caught up in a complex case which offers little light relief - until he is introduced to one of the competing chess players, the glamorous Livya Cordwell...
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- PublisherSevern House Publishers Ltd
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0727865323
- ISBN 13 9780727865328
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages256
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