Kimberley Chambers - Queens of Crime - 3-Book Thriller Collection

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2014

The Trap by Kimberley Chambers

Copyright © Kimberley Chambers 2014

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Dirty Game by Jessie Keane

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Taken by Jacqui Rose

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Ebook Edition © November 2014 ISBN: 9780008115319

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Title Page QUEENS OF CRIME: 3-BOOK THRILLER COLLECTION Kimberley Chambers, Jessie Keane and Jacqui Rose

Copyright Copyright Copyright The Trap Dirty Game Taken Keep Reading THE TRAP Keep Reading DIRTY GAME Keep Reading TAKEN About the Publisher Published by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 77–85 Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith, London W6 8JB www.harpercollins.co.uk First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Publishers 2014 The Trap by Kimberley Chambers Copyright © Kimberley Chambers 2014 Kimberley Chambers asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. Dirty Game by Jessie Keane Copyright © Jessie Keane 2014 Jessie Keane asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. Taken by Jacqui Rose Copyright © Jacqui Rose 2014 Jacqui Rose asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this works. Cover [photograph/illustration] © [As supplied by design] Cover design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [year] Cover layout design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [year] A catalogue copy of 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, down-loaded, 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. Ebook Edition © November 2014 ISBN: 9780008115319 Version: 2014-10-30

The Trap

Dirty Game

Taken

Keep Reading THE TRAP

Keep Reading DIRTY GAME

Keep Reading TAKEN

About the Publisher

In memory of all our brave soldiers who have lost their lives in action including my own grandfather “Gunner Thomas Henry Caunter”

If you trap the moment before it’s ripe,

The tears of repentance you certainly wipe.

But if once you let the ripe moment go,

You can never wipe off the tears of woe.

William Blake

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Title Page KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS The Trap

Dedication Dedication In memory of all our brave soldiers who have lost their lives in action including my own grandfather “Gunner Thomas Henry Caunter”

Epigraph If you trap the moment before it’s ripe, The tears of repentance you certainly wipe. But if once you let the ripe moment go, You can never wipe off the tears of woe. William Blake

Star in the Trap Series!

Prologue

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty-One

Chapter Twenty-Two

Chapter Twenty-Three

Chapter Twenty-Four

Chapter Twenty-Five

Chapter Twenty-Six

Chapter Twenty-Seven

Chapter Twenty-Eight

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Chapter Thirty

Chapter Thirty-One

Chapter Thirty-Two

Chapter Thirty-Three

Chapter Thirty-Four

Chapter Thirty-Five

Chapter Thirty-Six

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Chapter Thirty-Eight

Chapter Thirty-Nine

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty-One

Chapter Forty-Two

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Kimberley Chambers

Unable to make himself heard above Sandie Shaw belting out ‘Long Live Love’, Donald Walker made his way over to the Wurlitzer jukebox and turned down the volume.

‘Don’t do that! You know I like Sandie,’ Mary Walker said, as though she knew the singer personally.

‘There’s somebody knocking at the door,’ Donald informed his wife.

Mary walked over to the door and unbolted it. She was greeted by a sturdy-looking woman standing there in a dark-grey overcoat. At a guess, Mary thought she was probably in her mid fifties, but it was hard to be sure because of the curlers and hairnet on her head. ‘Hello. Can I help you?’ Mary asked, politely.

‘No, but I can help you,’ the woman replied, barging her way past Mary and into the premises.