The Dying Place

The Dying Place
Luca Veste

A FATE WORSE THAN DEATHDI Murphy and DS Rossi discover the body of known troublemaker Dean Hughes, dumped on the steps of St Mary’s Church in West Derby, Liverpool. His body is covered with the unmistakable marks of torture.As they hunt for the killer, they discover a worrying pattern. Other teenagers, all young delinquents, have been disappearing without a trace.Who is clearing the streets of Liverpool?Where are the other missing boys being held?And can Murphy and Rossi find them before they meet the same fate as Dean?

LUCA VESTE

The Dying Place

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Source ISBN: 9780007525584

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Version: 2015-07-27

Dedication (#ulink_45f9257b-4e6c-5666-8a52-717a9abb9d0f)

For Angelina ‘Angie’ Veste

11/04/1936 – 07/05/2014

My nana. My nonna.

She loved her family and her family loved her.

Contents

Cover (#u81f8eec7-fff5-54ac-af17-530801d9779b)

Title Page (#u8eee9b65-55cb-5721-9567-43fc95964906)

Copyright (#u34aac26a-bbb2-5481-93fa-cd678e245b77)

Dedication (#u902e6d7c-1c8d-519d-9f0c-5cf99d049f69)

Now (#u16b4a411-d119-56a3-85e0-5573581056a4)

Before (#ua93aff7c-696d-59b0-a94d-edb151cbb204)

Part One (#ud5a8794f-ca7d-5e77-b205-af3550668c52)

Chapter 1 (#ua774fc99-d0d4-5ee3-b461-f8ac26c86bca)

Chapter 2 (#u760a724c-baa9-5406-8f48-9b6214265c69)

The Farm: Six Months Ago (#ude8028a9-65be-5837-ad73-6b9ab6b67939)

Chapter 3 (#u2908180c-038d-55bb-881f-17b2e347c1b7)

Chapter 4 (#u5eb6e40e-2ba5-572f-849a-0ea4d1c6d5fa)

Chapter 5 (#u4314c8b3-7a2c-533c-a038-7ab7bb0f6be8)

Chapter 6 (#ufb4ea7b1-eea5-5ea3-925c-7a73886ececa)

The Farm: Five Months Ago (#ua1b81287-71b4-5f0a-8c91-66cf0ef8efed)

Chapter 7 (#u43e07254-2f13-5b3a-b401-6f94ec834f19)

Chapter 8 (#u030dcbde-e7ba-5ae2-ad5a-8442fccfd71f)

Chapter 9 (#u5e972e2b-6d95-5301-9dda-a1aa14b66e79)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

The Farm: Three Months Ago (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)