The Broken Man. Josephine Cox

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Название The Broken Man
Автор произведения Josephine Cox
Жанр Современная зарубежная литература
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isbn 9780007419906



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       Copyright

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins 2013

      Copyright © Josephine Cox 2013

      Josephine Cox asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      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.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      Source ISBN: 9780007419913

      Ebook Edition © October 2013 ISBN: 9780007419906

      Version: 2017-05-22

       Dedication

       To my darling Ken, as always.

       To the musical Murphy family in Ireland. Hope all is well with you. Much love, Jo x

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Part Three

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Part Four

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Part Five

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Part Six

       Chapter Nineteen

       Chapter Twenty

       Keep Reading

       About the Author

       Also by Josephine Cox

       About the Publisher

       PART ONE

Bedfordshire, February

       CHAPTER ONE

      THERE WAS SOMETHING disturbing about young Adam.

      Deep inside, he carried a secret that he could never tell anyone.

      Phil knew, though, because he recognised that certain look: the slump of the shoulders; the sad eyes that gave little away.

      Having fought for king and country, Phil knew what it was like to carry a secret. Over the years he had learned to live with the vivid memory of terrible scenes he had witnessed.

      He could banter with old companions, but the loneliness of guarding his secret was often unbearable.

      Though his life was not empty, he ached for the company of a very special person, the one lovely woman he had loved with every fibre of his being. The only woman who was able to bring sunshine into his life, even on a rainy day.

      He