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Chapters (60)
  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Praise
  4. Dedication
  5. BOOK ONE
  6. Prologue 1989
  7. Chapter One
  8. Chapter Two
  9. Chapter Three
  10. Chapter Four
  11. Chapter Five
  12. Chapter Six
  13. Chapter Seven
  14. Chapter Eight
  15. Chapter Nine
  16. BOOK TWO - 1925
  17. Chapter Ten - 1925
  18. Chapter Eleven
  19. Chapter Twelve
  20. Chapter Thirteen
  21. Chapter Fourteen
  22. Chapter Fifteen
  23. Chapter Sixteen
  24. Chapter Seventeen
  25. Chapter Eighteen
  26. Chapter Nineteen
  27. Chapter Twenty
  28. Chapter Twenty-one
  29. Chapter Twenty-two
  30. Chapter Twenty-three
  31. Chapter Twenty-four
  32. Chapter Twenty-five
  33. Chapter Twenty-six
  34. Chapter Twenty-seven
  35. Chapter Twenty-eight
  36. Chapter Twenty-nine
  37. Chapter Thirty
  38. Chapter Thirty-one
  39. Chapter Thirty-two
  40. BOOK THREE - 1947
  41. Chapter Thirty-three
  42. Chapter Thirty-four
  43. Chapter Thirty-five
  44. Chapter Thirty-six
  45. Chapter Thirty-seven
  46. Chapter Thirty-eight
  47. Chapter Thirty-nine
  48. Chapter Forty
  49. BOOK FOUR - 1968
  50. Chapter Forty-one - 1968
  51. Chapter Forty-two
  52. Chapter Forty-three
  53. Chapter Forty-four
  54. Chapter Forty-five
  55. Chapter Forty-six
  56. Chapter Forty-seven
  57. Chapter Forty-eight
  58. Chapter Forty-nine
  59. Chapter Fifty - 1970
  60. EPILOGUE

He scanned the papers in front of him. It seemed Mr Ronnie Olds was found in Victoria Park, in a marquee of all things, with his entrails in his hands. Yes, it sounded like a Cavanagh had had a hand in that. Bolger was found in a back garden with his brains splattered all over the place. Could have been suicide, of course, or it could have been the work of Miss Briony Cavanagh and Mr Tommy Lane.

He had also pulled all the newspaper cuttings on Henry Dumas. It seemed he’d been a force to be reckoned with in the twenties. He’d liked little girls and all, from what Limmington had gleaned from Heidi. If he had made Briony pregnant, then she was only thirteen at the time of the birth. A flicker of distaste appeared on his face. Shame the man was dead. He could have had a little word with him, the father of Briony Cavanagh’s child, a child that was adopted by Dumas’ wife Isabel. Now this Isabel was a different kettle of fish all together. A peer’s daughter, if you please, and the spawn of Briony Cavanagh was now Lord Barkham, a respectable and influential businessman. Limmington wondered if he knew the stock he really came from. That was a poser. He’d have to tread warily here, but tread he would or his name wasn’t Harry Limmington!

Heidi Thompkins had a point. If he couldn’t make the charges stick, then he would have to play around with the evidence to suit himself. He was quite willing to do that to ensure they all got banged up once and for all. The ends justified the means in Harry Limmington’s book. As far as he was concerned, all the Cavanaghs were scum.

Briony was tired out. It seemed she was always tired lately. She brushed out her hair, looking at herself critically in the mirror of her dressing table. It was a strange feeling, seeing herself. She still looked in the mirror expecting to see herself as she had been when young. But Christ knew, she felt old lately. She’d felt old since she had seen her son. Her true son. But, she admitted to herself, she’d felt a lot better since she had seen Isabel. That was something she had needed to do for many a long year, and she had enjoyed it in a funny sort of way. Isabel had been the cause of great sadness, Isabel and Henry.