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Born in Scotland, made in Bradford sums up LIZ MISTRY’s life. Over thirty years ago she moved from a small village in West Lothian to Yorkshire to get her teaching degree. Once here, Liz fell in love with three things; curries, the rich cultural diversity of the city … and her Indian husband (not necessarily in this order). Now thirty years, three children, two cats (Winky and Scumpy) and a huge extended family later, Liz uses her experiences of living and working in the inner city to flavour her writing. Her gritty crime fiction police procedural novels set in Bradford embrace the city she describes as ‘Warm, Rich and Fearless’, whilst exploring the darkness that lurks beneath.
Having struggled with severe clinical depression and anxiety for many years, Liz often includes mental health themes in her writing. She credits the MA in Creative Writing she took at Leeds Trinity University with helping her find a way of using her writing to navigate her ongoing mental health struggles. Being a debut novelist in her fifties was something Liz had only dreamed of and she counts herself lucky, whilst pinching herself regularly to make sure it’s all real.
You can contact liz via her website https://www.lizmistry.com/
‘I devoured this over two nights, literally not being able to put it down’
‘Amazing … A story so twisted it makes your head spin in a good way’
‘An excellent crime thriller … Entertaining and exciting and a particularly satisfying finale … Engrossing’
‘Gripping from beginning to end, and I enjoyed each and every moment of it!’
‘From the first page to the last it kept you gripped’
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LIZ MISTRY
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E-book Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008358341
Version: 2020-02-07
Table of Contents
About the Author
Readers Love Last Request
Prologue: 1983
Monday 15th October 2018
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Tuesday 23rd October
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Wednesday 24th October
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
