C. L. TAYLOR
The Accident
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This ebook edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers in 2017
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
Copyright © C.L. Taylor 2014
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This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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Source ISBN: 9780007540037
Ebook Edition © April 2014 ISBN: 9780007542703
Version: 2020-02-27
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