Kathleen McGurl - The Pearl Locket

KATHLEEN MCGURLlives near the sea in Bournemouth, UK, with her husband and elderly tabby cat. She has two sons who are now grown up and have left home. She began her writing career creating short stories, and sold dozens to women’s magazines in the UK and Australia. Then she got side-tracked onto family history research – which led eventually to writing novels with genealogy themes. She has always been fascinated by the past, and the ways in which the past can influence the present, and enjoys exploring these links in her novels.

When not writing or working at her full-time job in IT, she likes to go out running. She also adores mountains and is never happier than when striding across the Lake District fells, following a route from a Wainwright guidebook.

You can find out more at her website: http://kathleenmcgurl.com/, or follow her on Twitter: @KathMcGurl.

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First published in Great Britain by HQ in September 2015

Copyright © Kathleen McGurl

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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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E-book Edition © May 2020 ISBN: 9781474027984

Version: 2020-03-09

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Title Page The Pearl Locket KATHLEEN McGURL

Copyright HQ An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published in Great Britain by HQ in September 2015 Copyright © Kathleen McGurl Kathleen McGurl asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. E-book Edition © May 2020 ISBN: 9781474027984 Version: 2020-03-09

Chapter 1: July–August 2014

Chapter 2: January 1944

Chapter 3: August 2014

Chapter 4: January 1944

Chapter 5: September 2014

Chapter 6: January 1944

Chapter 7: October 2014

Chapter 8: January 1944

Chapter 9: October 2014

Chapter 10: February 1944

Chapter 11: October 2014

Chapter 12: February 1944

Chapter 13: October 2014

Chapter 14: April 1944

Chapter 15: October 2014

Chapter 16: April 1944

Chapter 17: October 2014

Chapter 18: June 1944

Chapter 19: November 2014

Chapter 20: June 1944

Chapter 21: July 1944–May 1945

Chapter 22: November 2014

Chapter 23: November 2014

Chapter 24: December 2014

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