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Source ISBN: 9780008324292
Ebook Edition © February 2019 ISBN: 9780008324308
Version: 2019-07-11
Contents
Chapter One: Struggling to Cope
Chapter Two: Difficult Meeting
Chapter Four: Straight Talking
Chapter Seven: Quiet and Withdrawn
Chapter Eight: Error of Judgement
Chapter Twelve: Something Much Worse
Chapter Sixteen: Another Police Search
Chapter Seventeen: Disappointing News
Chapter Eighteen: Dejected and Moody
Chapter Twenty: A Dreadful Mistake
Chapter Twenty-One: Waiting for News
Chapter Twenty-Two: Angry and Upset
Chapter Twenty-Three: Prosecute
Chapter Twenty-Five: Life’s Not Worth Living
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Letter
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Moving On
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