Kick Back. Val McDermid

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       Copyright

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      This ebook edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      First published in Great Britain by Victor Gollancz 1993 and Orion Books Ltd 1999

      Copyright © Val McDermid 1993

      Cover design by Micaela Alcaino © HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      Cover photographs © Stephen Mulcahey / Arcangel Images

      Val McDermid asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      This 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: 9780008344900

      Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2019 ISBN: 9780007327638

      Version: 2019-11-05

       Praise for Val McDermid

      ‘The queen of crime is still at the top of her game’

       INDEPENDENT

      ‘No one can tell a story like she can’

       DAILY EXPRESS

      ‘One of today’s most accomplished crime writers’

       LITERARY REVIEW

      ‘McDermid remains unrivalled’

       OBSERVER

      ‘Incredibly suspenseful’

       SUNDAY MIRROR

      ‘This is crime writing of the very highest order’

       THE TIMES

      ‘A gripping page-turner’

       METRO

      ‘A terrific read’

       DAILY TELEGRAPH

       Dedication

       To Lavender Linoleum Lovers Everywhere

       Epigraph

      ‘Property is theft’

      Pierre Joseph Proudhon