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‘I’m not sorry Vance is dead.’ He raised his chin and looked Carol straight in the eye. ‘But if things had gone the other way, I wouldn’t have been sorry about that either. That’s the hard one I’m going to have to live with.’

‘Still a bloody sight easier than the one I’m going to have to live with.’

He spread his hands out in a gesture of helplessness. ‘I’m sorry.’

‘I know you are. That doesn’t make it any easier.’

‘But at least he’s dead now. The damage goes no further. It’s over.’

Carol’s expression mixed sorrow and pity. ‘It’s not all that’s over, Tony.’ She turned away and got back into the car. The engine burst into life and the headlights blinded him. He jumped to one side and watched her drive away, not sure whether it was the sudden brightness of the lights or the bone-weary exhaustion that had brought the tears to his eyes.

Table of Contents

Also by Val McDermid

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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

Chapter 48

Chapter 49

Chapter 50

Chapter 51

Chapter 52

Chapter 53

Chapter 54

Chapter 55

Chapter 56