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ISBN: 9780007349395 Ebook Edition © 2011 ISBN: 9780007332922 Version: 2018-02-16 All my love, as always, to Cliff Contents Copyright Dedication Gracie: December Chapter 1 Chapter 2 George and Harry: October Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Gracie: December Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 George and Harry: November Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Gracie: December Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 George and Harry: November Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Gracie: December Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 George and Harry: December Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53 Gracie: December Chapter 54 Chapter 55 Chapter 56 Chapter 57 Chapter 58 Chapter 59 Chapter 60 Christmas Day Chapter 61 Chapter 62 Chapter 63 Chapter 64 Chapter 65 Chapter 66 Chapter 67 Chapter 68 Chapter 69 Chapter 70 Chapter 71 Chapter 72 Chapter 73 Chapter 74 Chapter 75 Chapter 76 Chapter 77 After Christmas Chapter 78 Chapter 79 New Year’s Eve Chapter 80 Chapter 81 Acknowledgments About the Author Also by Jessie Keane DECEMBER 18 December The instant the police were ushered into her office over the casino, Gracie Doyle knew there was trouble brewing. She was slouching in her chair, with her aching bare feet up on her desk after a long, long day. It was a cold, blustery Friday night, and in precisely a week’s time – seven days! Count ’em – it would be Christmas Day. She was already sick of all the jingle-bells and fake bonhomie, the endless Wizard and Slade tracks being pumped out of every shopping mall’s sound system, the crazed crush of people wherever you went. Bad things happened at Christmas. For instance, her dad had died just before last Christmas Day. Fatal heart attack, right there in the middle of the casino boulevard. Boom! One minute there, the next – gone. Gracie hated Christmas. Now she
