I Confess. Alex Barclay

       Copyright

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      Copyright © Alex Barclay 2019

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      Cover photographs © Hayden Verry/Arcangel Images

      Alex Barclay 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

      This 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.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008273002

      Ebook Edition © AUGUST 2019 ISBN: 9780008273026

      Version: 2019-07-24

       Praise for Alex Barclay:

      ‘Gripping, stylish, convincing’

       Sunday Times

      ‘The rising star of the hard-boiled crime fiction world, combining wild characters, surprising plots and massive backdrops with a touch of dry humour’

       Mirror

      ‘Tense, no-punches-pulled thriller that will have you on the edge of your deckchair’

       Woman and Home

      ‘Explosive’

       Company

      ‘Compelling’

       Glamour

      ‘Excellent summer reading … Barclay has the confidence to move her story along slowly, and deftly explores the relationships between her characters’

       Sunday Telegraph

      ‘The thriller of the summer’

       Irish Independent

      ‘If you haven’t discovered Alex Barclay, it’s time to jump on the bandwagon’

       Image Magazine

       Dedication

       To OMGP This is what it feels like to be seen.