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Copyright © Graeme Macrae Burnet 2017

All rights reserved.

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without first obtaining the written permission of the copyright owner.

ISBN: 9781910192870

ISBNe: 9781910192887

Editor: Craig Hillsley. Cover artist: Scott Smyth.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual events is purely coincidental.