Also by Richard Osman
The Thursday Murder Club
The Man Who Died Twice
The Bullet That Missed
The Last Devil to Die
VIKING
An imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Simultaneously published in hardcover in Great Britain by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Ltd, London, in 2024
First United States edition published by Pamela Dorman Books, 2024
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A Pamela Dorman Book/Viking
ISBN 9780593653227 (hardcover)
Ebook ISBN 9780593653234
Library of Congress Control Number: 2024941965
Jacket design and illustration: Richard Bravery
Author photograph © Conor O’Leary
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Contents
Dedication
Prologue
Part One: From the New Forest to South Carolina
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
