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This ebook edition first published in 2014
by Faber and Faber Ltd
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Of the stories in this volume, ‘A Lovely Day to Die’, ‘Dangerous Sport’, ‘The Holiday’, ‘The Bonus Years’, ‘A Case of Maximum Need’ and ‘Etiquette for Dying’ have appeared in the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. ‘High Dive’ has appeared in Woman, ‘The Post-Graduate Thesis’ in Verdict of Thirteen, edited by Julian Symons (Faber), and ‘The Woman Who Had Everything’ in John Creasey’s Crime Collection, edited by Herbert Harris (Gollancz).

The right of Celia Fremlin to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Section 77 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

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