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The Heart of the Matter

Published2001

Pages271

Formatpaperback

PublisherVintage

Police War Historical Fiction Historical Romance History Military History

Synopsis

Scobie, a police officer serving in a war-time West African state, is distrusted, being scrupulously honest and immune to bribery. But then he falls in love, and in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in, with drastic and tragic consequences.

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