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Contents
Chapter Three: Lullaby at Bedtime
Chapter Five: A Very Strange Phone Call
Chapter Ten: The Devil’s Child
Chapter Eleven: Trying to Hurt Him
Chapter Nineteen: Unwelcome News
Chapter Twenty-One: Last Resort
Chapter Twenty-Two: A Reprieve
Chapter Twenty-Three: Going Home
Suggested topics for reading-group discussion
A big thank you to my family; my editors, Carolyn and Holly; my literary agent, Andrew; my UK publishers HarperCollins, and my overseas publishers who are now too numerous to list by name. Last, but definitely not least, a big thank you to my readers for your unfailing support and kind words.