Day of Reckoning
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2000
Copyright © Jack Higgins 2000
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Source ISBN: 9780008124892
Ebook Edition © August 2015 ISBN: 9780007373970
Version: 2015-07-20
When you have sinned grievously,
the Devil is waiting.
Sicilian Proverb
Contents
It was the rat, in a way, which brought Blake