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VIKING
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Dedication

For Johanna, Rebecca and Astrid

‘Man is not the creature of circumstances; circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.’

From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli

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Sunday, 23 March 1969, Hampshire

As I edged the car onto the gravel, the front door of the house swung open and Chief’s steely grey eyes stared down at me. ‘What the hell took you so long?’ he hissed as I made my way up the steps. But before I could answer, he had turned on his heels.