First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2010
Reissued in this edition in 2017
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Source ISBN: 9780007326013
Ebook Edition © 2017 ISBN: 9780007414352
Version: 2019-04-15
This book is dedicated, with great reluctance, to my editor, Nick Lake, because he is forcing me to.
Personally, I would have liked to include Gillie Russell and Michael Stearns who, along with Nick, really welcomed me into the publishing world with my first book.
Unfortunately, because Nick is now my sole editor, he has threatened to edit this dedication down to an unrecognisable mess of blacked-out lines, and so as a result this dedication is to him, and him alone.
Personally I think that this shows a staggering amount of
Here, Nick. You finally get a book dedicated to you.
Hope you’re
(Editor’s Note: Nick Lake is a great guy.)
Contents
Chapter 2. The Smiling Detective
Chapter 11. The Roarhaven Mages
Chapter 12. Keeping a Straight Face
Chapter 16. The Interrogation of Davina Marr