It is licensed only for use by the original purchaser. Making copies of this work or distributing it to any unauthorized person by any means, including without limit email, floppy disk, file transfer, paper print out, or any other method constitutes a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines or imprisonment. Memory and DesireA Novel of Mystery and RomanceOther books by Lillian Stewart Carl:SabazelThe Winter KingShadow DancersWings of PowerAshes to AshesDust to DustGarden of ThornsAlong the Rim of TimeMemory and Desire A publication of Wildside Press P.O. Box 45 Gillette, NJ 07933-0045 www.wildsidepress.com First Wildside Press edition: January 2001 For my friends on “the loop": Annette, Deni, Garda, Harriet, Pam, Sherry-Anne, and TereyChapter OneClaire was so badly jet-lagged from her transatlantic flight she felt as disembodied as a ghost. When Detective Chief Inspector Blake strode across the lobby of the police station and crushed her fingers in a handshake she was faintly surprised.
