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Chameleon

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Parts 30
Time 4h 14m

Reads 436
Votes 100
Parts 30
Time 4h 14m

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The Ministry of Defence's most closely guarded secret - and their most dangerous operative - has disappeared, leaving behind grisly evidence that their control of his extraordinary capabilities has been lost. Harry Payne, long retired Government telepath is reactivated and ordered to find him.

Twenty years earlier, 'Do you play chess?' was the calling card of a serial killer whose identity was never discovered. Now, after an unscrupulous pornographer is gruesomely murdered, Detective Inspector Bannerman must re-open the files.

The pieces are scattered on the chessboard, but now one of the pawns is missing, or has it merely changed its shape? DO YOU PLAY CHESS? Charlie does, but then, he can do almost anything.All Rights Reserved

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