First published in Great Britain by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd, 2025
Copyright © Nicci French, 2025
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Hardback ISBN: 978-1-3985-2413-2
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-3985-2414-9
eBook ISBN: 978-1-3985-2415-6
Audio ISBN: 978-1-3985-2416-3
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either a product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.