He drops the knife, which strikes a high note on the pavement. She looks at Todd, then at the knife, kneeling down to touch it. It’s different. It still has the white plastic tag on the end which she holds in her hand. She stares at it while the death plays out, which Jen is already less affected by than yesterday. The tag says it is an Asda chef’s knife. Bought earlier today, she assumes, because she took the first knife. It probably took eleven minutes.
Jen blinks again, and then she is gone. When she wakes up, it isn’t day Zero, but Day Minus One. The day before the day before.
THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING
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Table of Contents
Title Page
About the Author
By the Same Author
Dedication
Prologue 1. Cathy
2. Joe
3. Cathy
4. Now
5. Then
6. Joe
Part I: Preventing a Lawful Burial 7. Joe
8. Now
9. Then
10. Lydia
11. Joe
12. Cathy
13. Now
14. Then
15. Cathy
Part II: Criminal Damage 16. Joe
17. Now
18. Then
19. Joe
20. Joe
21. Now
Part III: Perverting the Course of Justice 22. Then
23. Cathy
24. Joe
25. Joe
26. Now
27. Then
28. Lydia
29. Joe
30. Cathy
31. Lydia
32. Cathy
33. Joe
34. Cathy
35. Now
36. Then
37. Joe
38. Now
39. Then
40. Joe
41. Now
42. Then
43. Joe
44. Cathy
45. Lydia
46. Joe
47. Cathy
48. Now
49. Then
Part IV: Conspiracy to Bribe 50. Joe
51. Cathy
52. Now
53. Then
Part V: Misappropriation of Corporate Assets 54. Joe
55. Cathy
Part VI: Fraud 56. Joe
57. Cathy
58. Now
59. Then
60. Joe
61. Cathy
62. Cathy
63. Joe
64. Cathy
65. Joe
66. Lydia
67. Joe
Part VII: Murder 68. Joe
69. Now
70. Then
71. Cathy
72. Now
73. Then
74. Now
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
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Copyright
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