A Taste of Death
The Old Forge Café
H. V. COOMBS
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2017
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Thursday, 7 January
Chapter Three: Friday, 8 January
Chapter Four: Friday, 8 January, early afternoon
Chapter Six: Monday, 11 January, lunch
Chapter Seven: Monday, 11 January, evening
Chapter Eight: Tuesday, 12 January
Chapter Nine: Wednesday, 13 January
Chapter Ten: Thursday, 14 January
Chapter Eleven: Friday, 15 January, 9.30 a.m.
Chapter Twelve: Friday, 15 January, 6 a.m.
Chapter Thirteen: Monday, 18 January
Chapter Fourteen: Tuesday, 19 January
Chapter Fifteen: Wednesday, 20 January, early evening
Chapter Sixteen: Thursday, 21 January, afternoon
Chapter Seventeen: Thursday, 21 January, late afternoon
Chapter Eighteen: Friday, 22 January
Chapter Nineteen: Friday, 22 January, lunchtime
Chapter Twenty: Friday, 22 January, afternoon
Chapter Twenty-One: Friday, 22 January, late afternoon
Chapter Twenty-Two: Saturday, 23 January, midday
Chapter Twenty-Three: Saturday, 23 January afternoon