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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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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)
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