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VAL McDERMID
Clean Break
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.
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 1995
Copyright © Val McDermid 1995
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To Chelsea fans everywhere,
in deepest sympathy;
God knows, you need something to
cheer you up.
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
About the Author
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I don’t know much about art, but I know what I don’t like. I don’t like paintings that go walkabout after I’ve set up the security system. I especially don’t like them when I’ve packed my business partner off to the Antipodes for two months with the calm assurance that I can handle things while he’s gone.
The painting in question
