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The Borough Press
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First published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2014
Copyright © Val McDermid 2014
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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 9780007504299
Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780007504282
Version 2014-08-09
To Joanna Steven, constant reader, constant friend, who is indirectly responsible for introducing me to the delights of the Piddle Valley.
Table of Contents
In conversation with Val McDermid
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