Love, as always, to my family. Especially you, Isaac and Alice, my reasons for everything. And to Jason, my husband, who knows me better than anybody else. On my birthday, there were no handbags or spa days, perfume or flowers. Instead, he tracked down a ridiculously expensive forensic investigators’ textbook filled with real-life case studies of murders and how they were solved.
I don’t think I’ve ever loved him more.
By Fiona Cummins
Rattle
The Collector
The Neighbour
First published 2019 by Macmillan
This electronic edition first published 2019 by Macmillan
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Copyright © Fiona Cummins 2019
Cover images: Street scene © Charles Stirling / Alamy Stock Photo, Curtain © Martin Slivka / Millennium Images, UK, Cover design: Neil Lang, Pan Macmillan Art Department
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