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Lock Me In
KATE SIMANTS
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008353292
Version: 2019-09-27
For Tom, who never once suggested I give up this nonsense and get a real job.
You’re the best mate a girl could have.
Table of Contents
Prologue
1. Ellie
2. Mae
3.
4. Ellie
5. Mae
6. Ellie
7. Mae
8. Ellie
9. Mae
10. Ellie
11.
12. Mae
13. Ellie
14. Mae
15. Mae
16. Ellie
17. Mae
18. Ellie
19. Mae
20. Ellie
21.
22. Mae
23. Ellie
24. Mae
25. Ellie
26. Mae
27. Ellie
28. Mae
29.
30. Ellie
31. Mae
32. Ellie
33. Mae
34. Ellie
35. Mae
36. Ellie
37. Mae
38.
39. Ellie
40. Mae
41. Ellie
42. Mae
43. Ellie
44. Mae
45. Ellie
46. Mae
47. Ellie
48.
49. Mae
50. Ellie
51. Mae
52. Ellie
53. Mae
54. Ellie
55. Mae
56.
57. Mae
58. Ellie
59. Mae
60. Mae
61. Ellie
62. Mae
63. Ellie
64. Mae
65. Ellie
66.
67. Mae
68. Ellie
69. Mae
70. Ellie
71. Christine
72. Mae
73. Ellie
74. Ellie
75. Mae
76. Ellie
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
About the Author
About the Publisher
You want to know fear?
Imagine someone