Acknowledgements
I am very grateful to Jane Burch, Jade Chandler, Tim Donnelly, Stephanie Glencross, Jane Gregory, George Harding, Liz Hatherell, Jane Havell, Elizabeth Hillman, Maya Jacobs, Fenella Mallallieu, Jemma McDonagh, Claire Morris, Sebastian Sandys, Gillian Sheath, June and William Wilson, Jon Wood, Daphne Wright and Gaby Young for their enthusiasm, advice and support.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.
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AN EMPTY DEATH. Copyright © 2009 by Laura Wilson. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Laura, 1964–
Empty death: a thriller / Laura Wilson.—1st U.S. ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-1-4299-6865-2
1. Police—England—London—Fiction. 2. Serial murderers—Fiction. 3. World War, 1939–1945—England—London—Fiction. 4. London (England)—Social conditions—20th century—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6073.I4716E47 2011
823.92—dc22
2010034241
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