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Chapters (67)
  1. Cover
  2. One
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  5. Four
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  10. Nine
  11. Ten
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  14. Thirteen
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  18. Seventeen
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  20. Nineteen
  21. Twenty
  22. Twenty-One
  23. Twenty-Two
  24. Twenty-Three
  25. Twenty-Four
  26. Twenty-Five
  27. Twenty-Six
  28. Twenty-Seven
  29. Twenty-Eight
  30. Twenty-Nine
  31. Thirty
  32. Thirty-One
  33. Thirty-Two
  34. Thirty-Three
  35. Thirty-Four
  36. Thirty-Five
  37. Thirty-Six
  38. Thirty-Seven
  39. Thirty-Eight
  40. Thirty-Nine
  41. Forty
  42. Forty-One
  43. Forty-Two
  44. Forty-Three
  45. Forty-Four
  46. Forty-Five
  47. Forty-Six
  48. Forty-Seven
  49. Forty-Eight
  50. Forty-Nine
  51. Fifty
  52. Fifty-One
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  54. Fifty-Three
  55. Fifty-Four
  56. Fifty-Five
  57. Fifty-Six
  58. Fifty-Seven
  59. Fifty-Eight
  60. Fifty-Nine
  61. Sixty
  62. Sixty-One
  63. Sixty-Two
  64. Sixty-Three
  65. Sixty-Four
  66. Sixty-Five
  67. Sixty-Six

The Chief was talking to a full conference room at HQ, mainly standing but from time to time walking about, stretching his leg, wincing slightly, standing with the weight on his other one.

‘It’s all worked out, it’s sophisticated, it moves like mercury. It’s not ten steps, it’s miles ahead of us and it’s bloody clever, it’s better organised than a brigade of guards. And it is everywhere, it’s on our patch and the patch next door and every patch in the country. It’s the biggest threat we have faced in my time as a cop, and all of yours. County lines isn’t about the small fry, we’ve mopped up plenty of them, but they’re like that . . . classical mythology. What was it called.? Cut off its head and two grew in its place, and so on . . .’

‘Hydra,’ Serrailler said.