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Table of Contents
Title page
Dedication page
Contents
Chapter 1 IN ONE PIECE
Chapter 2 ROTTEN APPLES
Chapter 3 THE WRONG KIND OF ILL
Chapter 4 WAR
Chapter 5 SWALLOWED MARBLES
Chapter 6 SCISSORS
Chapter 7 A LATE CALLER
Chapter 8 THE MIDNIGHT POST
Chapter 9 A STITCH IN TIME
Chapter 10 ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE
Chapter 11 THE ARCHITECT
Chapter 12 MONSTER
Chapter 13 THE BRINK
Chapter 14 SILENT TREATMENT
Chapter 15 AMBUSH
Chapter 16 CAUGHT
Chapter 17 QUIET
Chapter 18 EGGSHELLS
Chapter 19 RUNNING FROM THE SCISSOR MAN
Chapter 20 FROSTY WELCOME
Chapter 21 CANNED CHEESE AND BANANAS
Chapter 22 THE UNDERBELLY
Chapter 23 SHIFTS AND SHIMMERS
Chapter 24 THE SHRIKE
Chapter 25 THE PACT
Chapter 26 A SURPLUS GIRL
Chapter 27 THE TRUE COLOURS OF VIOLET
Chapter 28 A WINTER’S TALE
Chapter 29 TRISTA
Chapter 30 WASTE, WITHER, WANT
Chapter 31 ECHOES
Chapter 32 SPITTING IT OUT
Chapter 33 THE TRAM
Chapter 34 A GAPING HOLE
Chapter 35 CRUEL MIRROR
Chapter 36 HUE AND CRY
Chapter 37 STORMS AND TEACUPS
Chapter 38 GREEN BOTTLES
Chapter 39 A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING
Chapter 40 MIDNIGHT RIDE
Chapter 41 FIND THE LADY
Chapter 42 TIME RUNS OUT
Chapter 43 LETTING GO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Author biography
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