Safe House (44 page)

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Authors: Chris Ewan

Acknowledgements

 

 

Grateful thanks to:

Adrian Cain, Debbie Cormode, Allison Ewan, Allan Guthrie, Katrina Hands, Dr Lucy Hanington, Bob Harrison‚ Stuart MacBride, Donna Moore, Greg Norton, Juan Norton, Gavin Quiggin, Zoë Sharp and her husband Andy, Mum and Dad, my wife, Jo, our dog‚ Maisie (the inspiration for Rocky)‚ my US agent, Valerie Borchardt, and all at Sheil Land Associates, Faber and Faber and St Martin’s Press.

About the Author

 

 

Chris Ewan is the award-winning author of
The Good Thief's Guide to
. . . series of mystery novels. His debut,
The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam
, won the Long Barn Books First Novel Award and is published in ten countries, and
Amsterdam
,
Paris
and
Vegas
have all been shortlisted for CrimeFest's Last Laugh Award.

Born in Taunton in 1976, he now lives in the Isle of Man with his wife, Jo.

Find out more at www.chrisewan.com

First published in 2012
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2012
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ISBN 978–0–571–28222–7

 

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

A Note on the Isle of Man

I don’t remember much . . .

Part One

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Part Two

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-one

Chapter Twenty-two

Chapter Twenty-three

Chapter Twenty-four

Chapter Twenty-five

Chapter Twenty-six

Chapter Twenty-seven

Chapter Twenty-eight

Chapter Twenty-nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-one

Chapter Thirty-two

Chapter Thirty-three

Chapter Thirty-four

Part Three

Chapter Thirty-five

Chapter Thirty-six

Chapter Thirty-seven

Chapter Thirty-eight

Chapter Thirty-nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-one

Chapter Forty-two

Chapter Forty-three

Chapter Forty-four

Chapter Forty-five

Chapter Forty-six

Chapter Forty-seven

Chapter Forty-eight

Chapter Forty-nine

Chapter Fifty

Chapter Fifty-one

Chapter Fifty-two

Chapter Fifty-three

Chapter Fifty-four

Chapter Fifty-five

Chapter Fifty-six

Chapter Fifty-seven

Chapter Fifty-eight

Five weeks later

Amsterdam

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Copyright

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