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Autumn Leaves

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by Tessa Lunney


  Thanks, too, to my other champions: Hannah Ianniello, and Fyfe Strachan.

  In terms of research, my thanks to Mick Chance for introducing me to Raven’s Ait. My reading for Autumn Leaves, 1922 had been a constant delight and the books too numerous to list here, but I will always be indebted to the vast research, fiction, poetry, and memoirs available on 1920s Paris.

  This book is dedicated to my family, without whom barely a word could have been written. Thanks to Tania Disney, Dan Lunney, Tatyana Burmistrova, and Boris Frumkin, for all their awesome grandparental childcare skills. Thanks to Bridie Lunney, for the wealth of good words that supported me when I felt I might sink. Thanks to Rowan Lunney and Carly Williams, early readers. Thanks to my husband, Dima, for being my rock. Thanks to my eldest daughter, Penny, whose declarations of love keep me going. Thanks finally to Ellie, born in the midst of this manuscript, who spent her first weeks in a rocker as I wrote, who has never known a mother who isn’t running off with her laptop.

  Nothing could be done without you.

  about the author

  Tessa Lunneyis the author of April in Paris, 1921, as well as of poetry and award-winning short fiction. She holds a Doctorate of Creative Arts from Western Sydney University. She lives in Sydney.

  ALSO BY TESSA LUNNEY

  April in Paris, 1921

  AUTUMN LEAVES

  Pegasus Crime is an imprint of

  Pegasus Books, Ltd.

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  New York, NY 10018

  Copyright © 2021 by Tessa Lunney

  First Pegasus Books edition August 2021

  Interior design by Maria Fernandez

  Jacket Design: Brock Book Design Co., Charles Brock

  Cover photos: Arcangel, Depositphotos

  Author photo: Dan Lunney

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in whole or in part without written permission from the publisher, except by reviewers who may quote brief excerpts in connection with a review in a newspaper, magazine, or electronic publication; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other, without written permission from the publisher.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available.

  ISBN: 978-1-64313-712-4

  Ebook ISBN: 978-1-64313-713-1

  Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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