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      Translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally

       Copyright

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017

      Copyright © Tove Alsterdal, 2009 By agreement with Grand Agency

      Translation copyright © Tiina Nunnally 2016

      Cover design by Alex Allden © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017

      Cover photographs © Max Bailen/Cultura RM/ Alamy Stock Photo (woman on beach); Shutterstock.com all other images.

      Tove Alsterdal asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      Originally published in 2009 by Lind & Co, Sweden, as Kvinnorna på stranden

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

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008158989

      Ebook Edition © August 2017 ISBN: 9780008158996

      Version: 2017-05-22

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       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

      

       Acknowledgements

      

       About the Author

      

       About the Publisher

       Chapter 1

      Tarifa

      Monday, 22 September

      3.34 a.m.

      The boat heeled over and the view through the small porthole changed. For a long while she could see only the masts of other boats and clouds, but now she glimpsed the town for a moment. All the windows were dark. If she waited any longer it would soon be dawn.

      When she stood up a sharp pain shot through her left leg. The world swayed, or maybe it was the sea and the boat.

      Before the man took off he had told her three or four o’clock. She had crept into the corner and sat as still as she could. ‘A las tres, cuatro,’ he said. ‘Esta noche,’ and she understood at last

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