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Contents
ОглавлениеTitle Page
Dedication
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‘You’re going to India?’ Fiona had sounded as if Lou…
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Delhi airport was teeming with people. Lou’s suitcase felt heavy…
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The unearthly flickering light of the tiny TV screens set…
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Lou’s eyes felt as if they’d been forcibly removed, sandpapered…
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Standing in her walk-in closet, Ali looked around her. Everything…
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Arriving at the studio the following morning, Ali immediately saw…
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The pub was busy with early-evening drinkers as Lou pushed…
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When she woke the next morning, Lou’s head seemed to…
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The Tube was jammed. People pressed up against one another,…
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‘How could you have ended up on the same holiday…
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By the time Lou arrived, the three rooms in the…
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Beyond the shutters, the night was dark. Reflected back in…
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As the day drew to a close, the two women…
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Ali tugged harder. The retractable ladder didn’t move. Another even…
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Ali was already fifteen minutes late. She pushed through the…
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Under a washed-out blue sky, a gust of wind lifted…
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Ten o’clock in the morning and Don and Ali were…
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The fire was lit, the salad made and the smell…
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They had almost completed their first lap of the park…
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Lou clasped her coat to her as the wind screamed…
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The chimp swung up to the glass, rolling back his…
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The great joys of driving north late at night were…
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Hooker took a tangerine taffeta dress off the rail, held…
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The moment Lou dreaded had arrived.
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Gardening was not Lou’s natural forte. When she and Hooker…
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Ali was getting dressed when she heard the sound of…
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The nearer she got to Don’s apartment block, the more…
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At the sound of the door opening, Lou looked up…
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Lou was watching the kitchen clock. Never had the second…
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A month later, an ear-splitting din interrupted Lou’s dream, checking…
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Other Books by Fanny Blake
Copyright
About the Publisher
