Joss Stirling

The Silence


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      The Silence

      JOSS STIRLING

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      First published in Great Britain by Killer Reads 2019

      Copyright © Joss Stirling 2019

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      Joss Stirling asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008358211

      Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008358204

      Version: 2019-04-19

      For Richard Blackford

       ‘There are times when one cannot lift a blade of grass without finding a serpent underneath it.’

       Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)

       ‘Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.’

       Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Part 3 – The Moor’s Room

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30