Persons Unknown: A Richard and Judy Book Club Pick 2018
- -
- 100%
- +
Copyright
The Borough Press
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk
Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
Copyright © Susie Steiner 2017
Susie Steiner 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
First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
Cover layout by Claire Ward © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2017
Cover photographs: Front © Henry Steadman. Back © Dave Wall/Arcangel
This novel 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.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books
Ebook Edition © February 2017 ISBN: 9780008123352
Source ISBN: 9780008123338
Version: 2018-04-20
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
14 December
Jon-Oliver
Manon
Davy
Manon
Davy
Day 1
Manon
Davy
Kilburn, North London
Bernadette
Davy
Manon
Day 2
Manon
Davy
Birdie
Day 3
Davy
One Week in
Manon
Davy
Day 9
Davy
Birdie
Saskia
Davy
Manon
Two Weeks in
Davy
Manon
Day 15
Davy
Manon
Six Months Earlier
Saskia
Manon
Day 16
Davy
Manon
Day 17
Manon
Davy
Three Weeks in
Manon
Birdie
Day 23
Manon
Day 24
Davy
Manon
Davy
Manon
Day 25
Davy
Birdie
Manon
Day 27
Davy
Manon
Birdie
Manon & Birdie
Day 28
Davy
Manon
Davy
Day 30
Davy
Gary Stanton
Davy
Manon
Davy
Day 32
Manon
Davy
Manon
Ellie
February
Birdie
May
Manon
July
Davy
August
Manon
Acknowledgements
Keep Reading
About the Author
Also by Susie Steiner
About the Publisher
Jon-Oliver
Down. Dizzy. Pitching left. He is draining away like dirty water, round and round. Stumbling not walking, the ground threatening to come up and meet him. And yet he presses on. Something’s not right.
He is swampy, heavy-footed. His shin is throbbing. A scuffle – like being spun in blind man’s buff – so quick that when it was over he thought he’d been mugged, but he patted himself down and his wallet and phone were there all right.
His muscles are soupy, unresponsive. His legs wade, the landscape too broad for him to make headway. The air is close like a wet web. He can barely draw breath.
He stumbles to the right, into a muddy wooded area in a direction he hadn’t intended to take and it’s as if the ground is reaching for him. Is it quicksand, not mud?
He’s really scared now; nervously places a hand to his chest. His shirt is wet through but it’s not raining. He looks at his hand. It is glistening dark; the colour unclear because of the dark and the orangey street lighting.
He starts to panic, cannot fill his lungs. What is happening to him?
He falls into the mud, feels some arms take him up and cradle him, looks up to see blonde hair. The alien scent of perfume.
Saskia?
‘Sass?’ he whispers, confused. Is she the cause of this, after all her stupidity? She went too far and he couldn’t stop her.
‘Sass?’
His sight dims, he is too tired.
The world dips.
Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.
Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».
Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.
Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.