This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

GRIST MILL ROAD. Copyright © 2017 by Christopher J. Yates. All rights reserved. For information, address Picador, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

Epigraph from “Feelin’ Good” by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Yates, Christopher J., author.

Title: Grist Mill Road: a novel / Christopher J. Yates.

Description: First edition. | New York: Picador, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017028306 (print) | LCCN 2017030199 (ebook) | ISBN 9781250150318 (ebook) | ISBN 9781250150288 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250189929 (international edition)

Subjects: LCSH: Triangles (Interpersonal relations)—Fiction. | Life change events—Fiction. | City and town life—Fiction. | Friendship—Fiction. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6125.A8593 (ebook) | LCC PR6125.A8593 G75 2017 (print) | DDC 823'.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017028306

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First Edition: January 2018