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Автор: Ewart Hutton
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       About the Book

      DS Glyn Capaldi is in hospital recuperating from concussion and the after-effects of a car crash.

      But, worse than that, a young woman is dead. She was the passenger in the car, whom he was bringing in for questioning following a night operation in a remote rural location.

      Glyn is initially riven with guilt and self-recrimination. Until he starts to question the possibility that it may not have been an accident. But, if not, who had been the target? Had he made an enemy capable of achieving that level of planning and implementation? Or, if not him, what could a young woman have possibly done in her short country life to warrant that degree of retribution?

      Glyn, on sick leave, has time on his hands to explore the background to these questions, and, in doing so, confronts a conspiracy that envelops arson, torture, blackmail, and leaves a clutter of bodies that further muddy the already murky waters.

      EWART HUTTON

       Wild People

       Copyright

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      First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014

      Copyright © Ewart Hutton 2014

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      Ewart Hutton asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue record for 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: 9780007391196

      Ebook Edition © March 2014 ISBN: 9780007507511

      Version: 2015-03-05

       Dedication

       For all the scattered ones – family and friends.

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       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

       The Dust Settles

       About the Author

       Also by Ewart Hutton

       About the Publisher

       1

      I was bad juju again. But this time they had learned from experience, and had tucked me away out of sight. Unlike the previous fiasco in Cardiff, when they tried to pull a PR trick and highlight me as a hero in an attempt to deflect the mess that had really gone down. No, this time they knew better. This time they treated me like the crazy uncle in the attic, and used the equivalent of nine-inch coach bolts and a heavy-duty plank to keep me secure behind the door.

      I didn’t care, because this time I had real injuries.

      The medicos were mostly concerned about the after-effects of the concussion that had knocked me out. I wasn’t, because that was nothing