Life Sentences. Laura Lippman

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       LAURA LIPPMAN

       Life Sentences

Copyright

      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 the USA by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 2009

      Copyright © Laura Lippman 2009

      

      Laura Lippman 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

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      Source ISBN: 9781847560933

      Ebook Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007328970 Version: 2018-06-13

      In loving memory of James Crumley, 1939–2008.

      Take my word. It was fun.

      I detest the man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another.

      —THE ILIAD

      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Epigraph

       Chapter One

      Part 1-Bridgeville: February 20–23

       Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Part 2-Banrock Station: February 25–28

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Part 3-Glass Houses: March 1–2

Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

      Part 4-The Brier Patch: March 3–5

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

      Part 5-Collectors: March 11–12

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

      Part 6-Low Countries: March 14–21

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Chapter Twenty-One

       Chapter Twenty-Two

      Part 7-How To Cook Everything: March 24–27

       Chapter Twenty-Three

       Chapter Twenty-Four

       Chapter Twenty-Five

       Chapter Twenty-Six

       Chapter Twenty-Seven

      Part 8-Natural Selection: March 28–29

       Chapter Twenty-Eight

       Chapter Twenty-Nine

       Chapter Thirty

      Part 9-And Agamemnon Dead: March 29–31

       Chapter Thirty-One