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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

      Copyright © Dolores Redondo 2013

      Translation copyright © Nick Caistor and Lorenza García 2016

      Cover design by Holly Macdonald © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

      Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com

      Dolores Redondo asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Originally published in 2013 by Ediciones Destino,

      Spain, as Legado en los huesos

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      This is entirely a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real events, businesses, organizations and localities are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.

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      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2016 ISBN: 9780008165604

      Version: 2018-10-26

       Dedication

       For Eduardo, every word.

       Epigraph

      Has this fellow no feeling of his business?

      He sings at grave-making.

      William Shakespeare

      Often the sepulchre encloses, unawares,

      Two hearts in the same coffin.

      Alphonse De Lamartine

      Pain when inside is stronger

      It isn’t eased by sharing.

      Alejandro Sanz, ‘Si Hay Dios’