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  1. Cover
  2. INTRODUCINGKATIE MAGUIRE
  3. ALSO BY GRAHAM MASTERTON
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Epigraph
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As a matter of protocol, she had informed Brendan that it was Breaslain Hoobin who had carried the bomb into the laboratory, and of course he knew that James MacGreevy was still in custody for having built it. But she had also insisted that he should make no public statements about the bombing until she could establish beyond any doubt that it was Thomas O’Flynn who had ordered it and paid for it. He wasn’t to give the press any optimistic hints, either, nor leaks of any kind.

‘Our investigation is ongoing, Owen. That’s all I can tell you at the moment.’

‘Are you any closer to making an arrest than, say, you were yesterday? Or the day before?’

‘Our investigation is ongoing, Owen. I’ve nothing more to say on the subject.’

She could tell from his edginess that Brendan was itching to stand up and announce that they had already identified the bomber and the bomb-maker. If he were to say it, the media would quote him instead of her, and it would give the impression that he was leading the investigation, rather than her. The bombing had not only attracted attention in all of the Irish media, but in the UK, too, and even worldwide, so it would do a great deal to burnish his reputation, both in Ireland and abroad.

Katie gave him that hard green-eyed stare that she reserved for those officers in An Garda Síochána who made no secret that they disapproved of a woman being promoted to detective superintendent. You may patronize me because I’m a woman but I’m a professional first and I know exactly what I’m doing. If you say one word and mess up my investigation into Thomas O’Flynn, I’ll make you wish that you had been pushed into the River Lee, too.

Brendan gave a complicated smile of acceptance that wasn’t really a smile, and said nothing. She could sense, though, that he was preparing himself to pull the rug from under her. She was beginning to have too much success, and if she managed to bring down both Thomas O’Flynn and Barry Riordan, she would be unassailable. Even Frank Magorian would have to admit that she had cleaned up some of the worst crime in Cork. If it came out that she had been having a relationship with Kyna – even if Brendan had kept the pictures – it would do little to threaten her career.

It was time for her to start playing her own cards, such as they were.

49

She caught up with Owen Dineen halfway down the steps in front of the station. He had paused to light a cigarette and when she called out, ‘Owen – a quick word with you so, if you have a minute!’, he blew out smoke as if he were exploding.