Killing Kate

Killing Kate
Alex Lake

From the author of ebook No. 1 bestseller and Sunday Times top ten bestseller AFTER ANNA.A serial killer is stalking your home town.He has a type: all his victims look the same.And they all look like you.Kate returns from a post break-up holiday with her girlfriends to news of a serial killer in her home town – and his victims all look like her.It could, of course, be a simple coincidence.Or maybe not.She becomes convinced she is being watched, followed even. Is she next? And could her mild-mannered ex-boyfriend really be a deranged murderer?Or is the truth something far more sinister?

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This is entirely a work of fiction. Any references to real people, living or dead, real events, businesses, organizations and localities are intended only to give the fiction a sense of reality and authenticity. All names, characters and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and their resemblance, if any, to real-life counterparts is entirely coincidental.

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Source ISBN: 9780008199715

Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2016 ISBN: 9780008199722

Version: 2018-11-02

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Contents

Cover (#u2500be6e-913b-5969-a020-87e9264c70f5)

Title Page (#u84545aa0-37fb-539c-b4e4-8c743b334b44)

Copyright (#uf48e144e-1b4a-5204-9052-e76072299684)

Dedication (#ua053fddc-0be5-564a-ada9-c70dac07304f)

Prologue: The Fab Four (#uc29d39ab-bf28-5a90-880b-26bf5c5123f9)

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Part One: Interlude (#litres_trial_promo)