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Til Death Do Us Part
Stephen Edger
An emotional rollercoaster from start to finish!The wedding vows are exchanged, then the nightmare begins…It was supposed to be the happiest day of her life…Alice Tandy has dreamed of her wedding since she was a little girl. The perfect venue, the perfect dress, the perfect groom. It’s all going exactly to plan.But then her whole world comes tumbling down. Just as she and her new husband Ben are cutting their wedding cake, three policemen storm in and arrest Ben. Alice looks on in horror, unable to comprehend what is happening. Did they say murder?The next day, Ben is released on bail, but for Alice, the nightmare is only just beginning. And as more details about the murder of Kerry Valentine emerge she starts to realise that everyone around her is keeping secrets. Can she trust anyone? And who really killed Kerry?Perfect for fans of Louise Jensen, Kerry Wilkinson and Carol Wyer
Till Death Do Us Part
STEPHEN EDGER
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2019
Copyright © Stephen Edger 2019
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Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008320621
Version: 2019-04-02
Table of Contents
Cover (#ufd4ec537-bdd5-5852-9f69-6c7de1099062)
Title Page (#uad4e0f6f-3bf7-5dde-b8bc-9726856636fe)
Copyright (#ua5e4722b-62b2-5a6b-bf1d-14751dbef316)
Dedication (#uf69e0d16-bb3e-56a7-88c7-5e01cdbf13d1)
Prologue (#u9ff78ae1-df97-5647-940f-b555496d33ec)
Chapter One (#ufdda516d-b83e-50b7-b71d-072c11aec87a)
Chapter Two (#ucbd90c40-8209-59b1-a9d4-20f95c608fd5)
Chapter Three (#u3588906e-4323-53fb-9315-1eb8b1a036c9)
Chapter Four (#ud0db4fb7-dadd-50a2-982a-262ca64b43e0)
Chapter Five (#u76deebaf-b8d1-57e1-ab4e-c22ad666e11b)
Chapter Six (#u116a8c11-356b-5395-a4d3-d02a58078870)
Chapter Seven (#u1af14452-aa4c-54e9-8136-792f474d5441)
Chapter Eight (#u6324d857-9f97-5dc3-9b74-b4a512e60b9f)
Chapter Nine (#u17cc7fce-2e3e-54a9-9555-379209e9c5b8)
Chapter Ten (#ufec0d27d-2e2d-5a07-9828-01c09aac60d5)
Chapter Eleven (#ue3b4a75b-628b-52ad-b574-5a00d2743a83)
Chapter Twelve (#ua7231e7b-b018-5329-9a3d-426adcb94054)
Chapter Thirteen (#u172c1374-79ce-58b7-9c89-534e3eeff23d)
Chapter Fourteen (#u2d0a94e1-b903-589a-8949-85a6176fe7e7)
Chapter Fifteen (#uc92b95d4-08fc-5d21-8dd0-241b68f15fdf)
Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Twenty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Thirty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Forty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Seven (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Eight (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Fifty-Nine (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixty (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixty-One (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter Sixty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading … (#litres_trial_promo)
A Message from Stephen (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Stephen Edger (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
For my wife (for not killing me after all our years together) xxx
PROLOGUE (#ulink_27a5e210-f287-51cf-817c-3a894e0d9487)
She’d learned many years ago that people will do just about anything for money, it was just a question of negotiating the right price. Reaching for the towel, she wiped the remains of the cream from her breasts, before refastening the straps of her bra and shoving the wad of notes into her cleavage. Straightening, she caught a glimpse of her reflection in the crusty mirror on the wall, and ran her fingers through her long blonde hair, before tying it into a ponytail.
There were plenty of other ways she could earn the rent for the flat, but no other job could pay what she earned per hour with these strip gigs. Who was she kidding? She enjoyed dancing to the music and watching as men gawped lustfully, each thinking they could satisfy her, none realizing that the last thing she wanted was to have sex with any of them. There was only one special man in her life, and he was thankfully tucked up at home in bed. Pressing her locket to her lips, she kissed his tiny photograph, reminding herself that he was why she took these gigs. She’d never told him what she did for a living, and if she had her way, she’d never have to.
Zipping up her knee-length boots, she pulled on her miniskirt and leather jacket, and collected the iPod and speaker, dropping them in her bag. The stop for the night bus was a ten minute walk, and she’d already mapped the route in her mind. It was tempting to call a taxi, but it would probably take longer to arrive and drop her home than the walk and bus ride, so what was the point.
