First published in Great Britain in 2004
by Crème de la Crime Books
Crème de la Crime Ltd, PO Box 445, Abingdon,
Oxon OX13 6YQ

Copyright © 2004 Penny Deacon

The moral right of Penny Deacon to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

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All the characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Typesetting by Yvette Warren
Cover design by Yvette Warren
Front cover photography by David Crausby. Alamy Images,
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Printed and bound in England by Biddles Ltd,
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ISBN 0-9547634-1-6

A CIP catalogue reference for this book is available from the British Library

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