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But she knew the woman would flinch away, would gawp at her, think she was insane, maybe remind her that 30 per cent of relationships start online these days; that it was perfectly normal.

Perfectly safe.

Amy pulled Becky closer towards her and nodded at the pub just past the station.

‘Fancy a pint?’ she said, and Becky smiled.

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Dr Terence Bartlett and Dr Wera Schmerer at the University of Wolverhampton for help with forensics and the tour of their excellent CSI suite; and to Nik Waites and the mysterious ‘Detective Nick’ for answering all those annoying questions about police work.

Several characters in this book were named after real people who volunteered their services via a number of online competitions, including Bob Clewley and Melinda Moore. Thanks to Carmel Adams for putting forward her late husband’s name, Declan Adams, and letting us use it.

For being a great editor, thanks to Kate Bradley, who helped make this book better, and love and gratitude to Sara Baugh for her excellent suggestions. Thanks too to Sam Copeland for keeping the faith and Hannah Gamon for all her support and efforts.

Finally, the biggest thanks of all go to all those lovely people on Facebook and Twitter who make it all worthwhile. Thanks for all your comments, likes, shares and retweets. This book is for you.

About the Authors

Louise Voss and Mark Edwards are the co-authors of
Killing Cupid
,
Catch Your Death
and
All Fall Down
. They have been writing together for fourteen years.

Mark lives in Wolverhampton with his young family and works as a freelance copywriter, while Louise lives in Surrey with her daughter and organises concerts in a university music department.

Mark and Louise can be found on Facebook.com/vossandedwards where they chat with readers, announce exclusives and give away lots of prizes.

They can also be found on Twitter, @mredwards and @louisevoss1, and blog regularly on www.vossandedwards.com.

Also by Louise Voss and Mark Edwards:

Catch Your Death

Killing Cupid

All Fall Down

Copyright

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins
Publishers
2013

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Louise Voss & Mark Edwards asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

Source ISBN: 9780007460748

Ebook Edition © June 2013 ISBN: 9780007460755

Version 1

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