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First published as Town Without Pity by Century,
an imprint of Random House 2002
This revised and updated edition published by HarperElement 2019
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© Don Hale 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008331627
Ebook Edition © June 2019 ISBN: 9780008331634
Version: 2019-05-22
Contents
1 Cover
2 Title Page
3 Copyright
4 Dedication
5 Contents
6 Cast of Characters
7 Map of Bakewell Cemetery
8 INTRODUCTION
9 1 ‘STEPHEN WHO?’
10 2 THE DOWNINGS
11 3 WHAT RAY SAW
12 4 THE CONFESSION
13 5 THE WITNESSES
14 6 STEPHEN’S VERSION
15 7 BELIEVING THE BEEBES
16 8 THE RUNNING MAN
17 9 PERSONS OF INTEREST: MR ORANGE, MR OULSNAM AND MR RED
18 10 WHO WAS WENDY SEWELL?
19 11 ANATOMY OF A FALSE CONFESSION
20 12 ON THE TRAIL OF MR ORANGE
21 13 WALKING WITH WITNESSES
22 14 THE BOMBSHELL
23 15 THE SMOKING GUN
24 16 GETTING TO KNOW STEPHEN DOWNING
25 17 FACE TO FACE AT LAST
26 18 JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PARANOID DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE NOT AFTER YOU
27 19 WALKING IN ROBERT ERVIN’S SHADOW
28 20 CLANDESTINE MEETINGS
29 21 BATTLING BUREAUCRACY
30 22 THE TEA AND CAKES DEPARTMENT
31 23 THE COVER-UP
32 24 MULTIPLE MURDERS
33 25 THE NATIONAL INTEREST
34 26 THE WAITING GAME
35 27 THE LONGEST DAY
36 28 FACE TO FACE AGAIN
37 29 WELCOME HOME
38 30 FREEDOM
39 Epilogue
40 Enjoyed the Book?
41 About the Publisher
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