Angel of Death Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph 1995 Copyright © Harry Patterson 1995 Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015 Photography and illustration © Nik Keevil Harry Patterson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library. 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. 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. Source ISBN: 9780008124823 Ebook Edition © May 2015 ISBN: 9780007384693 Version: 2015-04-01 Contents
LONDON BELFAST DEVON 1972–1992
WASHINGTON LONDON WASHINGTON 1994
KENT DRUMGOOLE ABBEY ARDMORE HOUSE LONDON 1994
Between two groups of men that want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy except force.… It seems to me that every society rests on the death of men. Oliver Wendell Holmes A cold wind blew in from Belfast Lough, driving rain across the city. Sean
