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Kimberley Chambers 3-Book Collection: The Schemer, The Trap, Payback
Kimberley Chambers
*The books included in this collection have been previously published*Three thrilling novels from #1 Sunday Times bestselling author Kimberley ChambersThe SchemerThe TrapPaybackTHE SCHEMERIt’s 1983 and Stephanie Crouch is desperate to escape the council house she shares with her overbearing family, but at fourteen years old she has nowhere to go.When Stephanie meets East End wide-boy Barry, his cockney charm and quick tongue soon have her head over heels in love. But too young to control their fate, Stephanie and Barry are torn apart, and Barry is heartbroken Stephanie falls for his best mate, still left in London…Ten years later, Barry returns to England, and within a month Stephanie's happy world is turned upside down.Is Barry to blame? Or should Stephanie look elsewhere to find the schemer who has ruined her life?THE TRAPThe heir to Martina Cole’s crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and treachery. When it comes to family they look after business and make their mother proud. Nothing and no one can bring the Butler’s down.But Vinny seems to have crossed the wrong person and his cards are marked. And with the brothers joined at the hip, Roy may just be in the firing line too… Will the Butlers emerge stronger than ever, or is the East End code of honour as good as dead?PAYBACKThe Butlers are back in this gripping, compulsive sequel to THE TRAP.The Butler brothers are the Kings of the East End, and their motto is ‘what goes around, comes around’.In their world, family counts; so when the truth about Vinny’s cousin’s death comes to light, it rocks the Butlers to the core. One by one, Vinny’s friends and family are turning against him…Then, the unimaginable happens – Vinny’s little daughter Molly goes missing. She’s the one chink of light in all their lives, and the one they’d commit murders to bring back.But is it already too late for that?Perfect for fans of Martina Cole.
KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS 3-BOOK COLLECTION
The Schemer The Trap Payback
Kimberley Chambers
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2015
Copyright © Kimberley Chambers 2015
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Kimberley Chambers asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.
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.
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Ebook Edition © March 2015 ISBN: 9780008141349
Version: 2015-05-06
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Title Page (#u5f900188-392c-549b-89b0-1465e74ddef6)
Copyright (#uc3e2d3e9-ee32-5a34-92b8-b9e387a002f2)
The Schemer (#ud60abe41-cb94-5c38-b3a4-0d21f597994c)
The Trap (#u4a243f47-cc49-5a49-bbdc-524c28405d67)
Payback (#u4f1748b3-f1ef-5a00-a310-520c4fa1ade2)
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About the Author (#u77efcf08-ceba-55a5-b10c-566cde6c309e)
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KIMBERLEY CHAMBERS
The Schemer
Copyright
Harper
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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London SE1 9GF
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Copyright © Kimberley Chambers 2012
Cover layout design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2012
Cover photographs © Lars H / Wildcard Images, UK (woman); Sylvain Deleu / Arcangel Images (background).
Kimberley Chambers 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 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 © April 2012 ISBN: 9780007435029
Version: 2015-05-06
Dedication
In loving memory of
Helena Ann Lewis
1970–2011
‘Violence does, in truth, recoil upon the violent, and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another …’
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Speckled Band’
Contents
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Chapter Seven (#u6d225a2e-ff46-5a24-9dd8-debf5bbf0fb9)
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Chapter Nine (#u31a06c4f-21d6-52bc-8846-d0bfe8960524)
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Chapter Thirteen (#u0bde7ae7-c342-5b94-ac59-0e5816f8bea2)
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Chapter Nineteen (#ubdcd1c88-45e0-5775-bf29-27feca6083a5)
Chapter Twenty (#u28171608-674a-5cf2-a4c2-fc31ed6752dc)
Chapter Twenty-One (#ub3a88662-9d43-52d5-923d-a815825dd227)
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Chapter Thirty-Seven (#u5f807d0e-3481-56dc-9725-b16756581118)
