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      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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      Previously published in paperback by HarperCollinsPublishers in 1993 and by Grafton in 1987

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1975

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      Copyright © Reginald Hill 1975

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      Source ISBN 9780586072615

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