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ALEX BARCLAY
The Caller
This 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. HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2007 Copyright © Alex Barclay 2007 Daphne Du Maurier quote reproduced with permission of the Curtis Brown Group Ltd on behalf of the Estate of Daphne Du Maurier copyright © Daphne Du Maurier 1938 Cover design layout © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2016 Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com Alex Barclay 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 All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books Source ISBN: 9780008180881 Ebook Edition © SEPTEMBER 2008 ISBN: 9780007279425 Version 2016-05-13 ‘The rising star of the hard-boiled crime fiction world, combining wild characters, surprising plots and massive backdrops with a touch of dry humour’ Mirror ‘Tense, no-punches-pulled thriller that will have you on the edge of your deckchair.’ Woman and Home ‘Explosive’ Company ‘Darkhouse is a terrific debut by an exciting new writer’ Independent on Sunday ‘Compelling’ Glamour ‘Excellent summer reading … Barclay has the confidence to move her story along slowly, and deftly explores the relationships between her characters’ Sunday Telegraph ‘The thriller of the summer’ Irish Independent ‘If you haven’t discovered Alex Barclay, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon’ Image Magazine
To Ciaran, Ronan, Lorraine and Damien
With screaming eyes
And weakened breath
’Twas not for life
He begged,
’Twas death.
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