Название: The Secret Messenger
Автор: Mandy Robotham
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Короткие любовные романы
isbn: 9780008324254
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THE SECRET MESSENGER
Mandy Robotham
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008324261
Ebook Edition © December 2019 ISBN: 9780008324254
Version: 2020-02-20
To my mum, Stella – a woman of stamina and enduring style
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Author’s note
Prologue: Clowns
Chapter 1: Grief
Chapter 2: The Lion’s Den
Chapter 3: Bedding In
Chapter 4: Discovery
Chapter 5: A New Task
Chapter 6: Two Sides of the Coin
Chapter 7: New Interest
Chapter 8: Finding and Frustration
Chapter 9: Drinks with the Enemy
Chapter 10: A New Role
Chapter 11: Casting Out
Chapter 12: Opening Up
Chapter 13: Story Time
Chapter 14: A Voice from the Lagoon
Chapter 15: Love and Fury
Chapter 16: A Lull
Chapter 17: On Hold
Chapter 18: Small Talk
Chapter 19: A Detour
Chapter 20: Arrival
Chapter 21: The City Cauldron
Chapter 22: The Seeker
Chapter 23: A Fiery Reaction
Chapter 24: Across the Lagoon
Chapter 25: A New Hope
Chapter 26: Revenge
Chapter 27: The Bloody Summer
Chapter 28: Seeking and Waiting
Chapter 29: Sorrow
Chapter 30: A Low Ebb of the Tide
Chapter 31: Playing Detective
Chapter 32: A Parting
Chapter 33: In Hiding
Chapter 34: The Search for Coffee
Chapter 35: Red-Handed
Chapter 36: Taking Flight
Chapter 37: Age and Enlightenment
Chapter 38: After
Chapter 39: Completion
Chapter 40: The Typewriter
Acknowledgements
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