Nina Todd Has Gone
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And I hope he’ll live.
Nina Todd has gone and so has Karen. It’s late. I’ll walk to Novotel and get a room. I’ll have a bath. My name, I think, is Lauren Field. Do you like that? I have a gut feeling about Lauren Field. She will not be perfect, but she might be good.
Acknowledgements
With thanks for their help to Alexandra Pringle, Bill Hamilton, Julian Broadhead, Clare Barstow, Josh French, Katrina Dexter and Andrew Greig
A Note on the Author
Lesley Glaister teaches a Master’s degree in Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. She is the author of ten previous novels including Honour Thy Father, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and the Betty Trask Prize, Easy Peasy, Sheer Blue Bliss and, most recently, As Far As You Can Go.
By the Same Author
As Far As You Can Go
Easy Peasy
Sheer Blue Bliss
Partial Eclipse
Limestone and Clay
Now You See Me
Trick or Treat
Honour Thy Father
Digging to Australia
The Private Parts of Women
Copyright © 2007 by Lesley Glaister
First published in Great Britain 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
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