SEVEN DAYS
Alex Lake
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008272364
Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008272388
Version: 2019-08-26
To Norman: we miss you.
Rest in peace, old friend.
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Saturday, 16 June 2018: Seven Days to Go
Twelve Years Earlier, 7 July 2006
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Sunday, 17 June 2018: Six Days to Go
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Twelve Years Earlier, 7 July 2006: Evening
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Twelve Years Earlier, 7 July 2006: Evening
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Monday, 18 June 2018: Five Days to Go
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Twelve Years Earlier, 9 July 2006
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Twelve Years Earlier, 9 July 2006
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Twelve Years Earlier, 9 July 2006: Evening
Chapter 1
Tuesday, 19 June 2018: Four Days to Go
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Twelve Years Earlier, 29 July 2006
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Twelve Years Earlier, 30 July 2006
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Twelve Years Earlier, 31 July 2006
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Wednesday, 20 June 2018: Three Days to Go
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Eleven Years Earlier: Sunday Morning, 1 July 2007
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Eleven Years Earlier: Sunday Morning, 1 July 2007: Maggie
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Thursday, 21 June 2018: Two Days to Go
Chapter 1
Chapter 2