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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2012

      Copyright © Stuart MacBride 2012

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      Cover photograph © Mark Owen/Arcangel Images (girl walking up steps); Shutterstock.com (sky & additional trees)

      Stuart MacBride asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      Lines from ‘Da Song o’ da Papa Men’ by T. A. Robertson © 2009 quoted by kind permission of the Shetland Museum and Archives

      This is 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, places 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. The only exception to this are the characters Royce Clark, Andy Inglis, Janice Russell, Julie Wilson, and Sheila Caldwell, who have given their express permission to be fictionalized in this volume. All behaviour, history, and character traits assigned to their fictional representations have been designed to serve the needs of the narrative and do not necessarily bear any resemblance to the real person.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007344178

      Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2012 ISBN: 9780007344192

      Version: 2017-02-16