The Scapegoat: One Murder. Two Victims. 27 Years Lost.. Don Hale

      

Copyright

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      First published as Town Without Pity by Century,

      an imprint of Random House 2002

      This revised and updated edition published by HarperElement 2019

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      © Don Hale 2019

      Cover design by Ellie Game © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019

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      Source ISBN: 9780008331627

      Ebook Edition © June 2019 ISBN: 9780008331634

      Version: 2019-05-22

Dedication

      Contents

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Dedication

      5  Contents

      6  Cast of Characters

      7  Map of Bakewell Cemetery

      8  INTRODUCTION

      9  1 ‘STEPHEN WHO?’

      10  2 THE DOWNINGS

      11  3 WHAT RAY SAW

      12  4 THE CONFESSION

      13  5 THE WITNESSES

      14  6 STEPHEN’S VERSION

      15  7 BELIEVING THE BEEBES

      16  8 THE RUNNING MAN

      17  9 PERSONS OF INTEREST: MR ORANGE, MR OULSNAM AND MR RED

      18  10 WHO WAS WENDY SEWELL?

      19  11 ANATOMY OF A FALSE CONFESSION

      20  12 ON THE TRAIL OF MR ORANGE

      21  13 WALKING WITH WITNESSES

      22  14 THE BOMBSHELL

      23  15 THE SMOKING GUN

      24  16 GETTING TO KNOW STEPHEN DOWNING

      25  17 FACE TO FACE AT LAST

      26  18 JUST BECAUSE YOU’RE PARANOID DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE NOT AFTER YOU

      27  19 WALKING IN ROBERT ERVIN’S SHADOW

      28  20 CLANDESTINE MEETINGS

      29  21 BATTLING BUREAUCRACY

      30  22 THE TEA AND CAKES DEPARTMENT

      31  23 THE COVER-UP

      32  24 MULTIPLE MURDERS

      33  25 THE NATIONAL INTEREST

      34  26 THE WAITING GAME

      35  27 THE LONGEST DAY

      36  28 FACE TO FACE AGAIN

      37  29 WELCOME HOME

      38  30 FREEDOM

      39  Epilogue

      40  Enjoyed the Book?

      41  About the Publisher

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