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9780521140966 - Not Above the Law - By Richard MacAndrew
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Not Above the Law

Cambridge English Readers
Level 3
Series editor: Philip Prowse

Richard MacAndrew

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First published 2010

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ISBN 978-0-521-14096-6 Paperback
ISBN 978-0-521-15768-1 Paperback plus 2 audio CDS

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With thanks to Ashley Blooms florists, Caversham.

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Contents

Chapter 1     Thick dark blood – and lots of it
 6
Chapter 2     A crime of hate or madness
 11
Chapter 3     Face down in the water
 15
Chapter 4     The sweet smell of chloroform
 19
Chapter 5     The smallest feeling of hope
 25
Chapter 6     An angry young woman
 29
Chapter 7     Unanswered questions
 34
Chapter 8     A useful thing to know
 38
Chapter 9     Half-dead flowers
 43
Chapter 10    Something important in the conversation
 47
Chapter 11    Fergal's Flowers
 51
Chapter 12    There was a gun in his hand
 55
Chapter 13    The madness of life and love and death
 60

Characters

George Keegan: a lawyer in Dublin, Ireland

Michael Sullivan: George's friend and a lawyer

Orla Quinn: George's girlfriend, also a lawyer

Sean Murphy: a police inspector

Tara Lynch: a police sergeant

Geraldine Keane: a believer in animal rights

Fergal McBride: a flower seller

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