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This was a nightmare scenario for any bodyguard: stuck in the middle of a transparent tube, several miles underwater, with a murdering band of fugitives at one end and an enthralled but still highly skilled police officer at the other.

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Eoin Colfer
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: May 14
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Wexford
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