A Violent End

A Violent End
Emma Page

A Kesley and Lambert novel.A 16-year-old girl is found beaten and suffocated in the woods. Her name was Karen Boland and her short life had been secretive and unhappy.The police find plenty of suspects: Karen’s middle-aged lover, her stepfather, her classmates… As they dig deeper, they discover that the teenager’s life had been surprisingly complicated.

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First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Collins Crime

Copyright © Emma Page 1990

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Source ISBN: 9780008175801

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FOR CHRISTOPHER

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CONTENTS

Cover (#ua1aa2c6a-5c71-5082-9ec0-92ccee74a99d)

Title Page (#ubfa48a78-885a-57e6-9a72-7d8d2197ef8b)

Copyright (#ulink_b93abd82-972a-5c86-a953-64adf6c9d8fc)

Dedication (#ulink_2fecff59-2727-5493-97c7-71986f673558)

Chapter 1 (#ulink_6714ebb7-3bf1-5003-8663-ba89bc3a287d)

Chapter 2 (#ulink_fe56ab9f-071c-5199-b10c-33fd396ac73c)

Chapter 3 (#ulink_f3cb7c6f-dd11-5e64-9bf0-8d280f1a8203)

Chapter 4 (#ulink_5fc444b6-1de6-58e0-83ee-8c4e8bd09a9f)

Chapter 5 (#ulink_04b9430d-6e6e-53c1-a1e6-af65fbd27d37)

Chapter 6 (#ulink_8f502eeb-0de7-5eb6-8273-7782746c5550)

Chapter 7 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

By Emma Page (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER 1 (#ulink_26783cc8-d510-59e6-afd5-ec10b087247b)