Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know
Barbara Taylor Bradford

A compelling story of old loves and old secrets.Sebastian, the fifty-six-year-old patriarch of the Locke clan, is handsome, charismatic, a man of immense charm and intelligence. He heads up the philanthropic Locke Foundation, and travels the globe, personally giving away millions a year to the poor, the sick, and the victims of natural disasters and wars. And now, he is dead – murdered in mysterious circumstances that have the police at a loss. Who would want to kill the world’s greatest philanthropist? Could such an upstanding man have enemies?Vivienne Trent, a glamorous American journalist, met Locke as a child, married him, divorced him, but stayed close to him. Aware that there was another side to this enigmatic man, she sets out to find the truth about his death – and about Locke himself.

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Dangerous To Know

Copyright

Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Ebook Edition © MAY 2009 ISBN: 9780007330829

Version: 2017-11-14

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Praise for New York Times

bestselling author

BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD

“Her name on a novel…[promises] a good story, simply told, with satisfying outcome…[her books] finding their way into people’s homes and hearts.”

Dayton Daily News

“Barbara Taylor Bradford can be counted on to tell a good story.”

Chattanooga Times

“She’s the envy of all of us who put pen to paper. Don’t miss her.”

Greensboro News & Record

“You may fall in love…cry real tears…cheer.”

Chicago Tribune

And

Dangerous To Know

“The clever and unexpected plot twists, capped by the revelation of Sebastian’s shattering secret, will keep the author’s many fans entranced.”

Publishers Weekly

For Bob, with all my love

Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.

—Lady Caroline Lamb, writing of her lover,

the poet Lord Byron

The Narrators

Title Page (#u171dbc2b-a36d-51b7-b6b7-0d9f061a26ba)

Copyright

Praise

Dedication

Epigraph

Part One Vivienne: Loyalty

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Part Two Jack: Duty