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Fire Damage: A gripping thriller that will keep you hooked
Kate Medina
To find a killer, she must unlock a child’s terror…The first in an exciting new crime series featuring psychologist Dr Jessie Flynn – a brilliantly complex character who struggles with a dark past of her own. Perfect for fans of Nicci French and Val McDermid.A traumatized little boyFour years old, terrified, disturbed – Sami is a child in need of help. Now it’s up to psychologist Dr Jessie Flynn to find the cause of his suffering and unlock his darkest memories, before it’s too late.A psychologist with a secretMeanwhile Jessie is haunted by an awful truth of her own. She works alongside former patient, Captain Ben Callan, to investigate a violent death – but the ghosts of her past refuse to leave her.A body washed up on the beachWhen a burnt corpse is found on the Sussex coast, Jessie begins to uncover a link between her two cases – and a desperate killer will do anything to keep it buried…
KATE MEDINA
Fire Damage
Copyright (#u4f65f4bb-6ed2-593a-a493-ef2d8eff81a1)
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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Dedication (#u4f65f4bb-6ed2-593a-a493-ef2d8eff81a1)
For Anthony Medina, with love
and thanks for everything
Table of Contents
Cover (#u0df76e82-b55a-5648-80d3-2d287e226aa1)
Title Page (#u1e86b601-629f-5af9-9ab7-2624227240b6)
Copyright (#u0fd07fe8-28fa-5553-9d7e-39592609942f)
Dedication (#u437b1951-d3c1-5ecb-a2c6-121e9977685a)
Chapter 1 (#u6ccb7765-93dd-59b7-a2c3-557d58199428)
Chapter 2 (#u9e71c411-b90d-50d6-8751-f7f2dd574742)
Chapter 3 (#u348d0af4-9c1d-58e8-a609-3f7a1bed7c2f)
Chapter 4 (#u4c752e72-ef04-5c4f-836b-3bd9888e8a27)
Chapter 5 (#u0ab92368-7f3e-5f04-a836-ccc766e27fb1)
Chapter 6 (#u3cff66c3-c4ae-563f-80f1-840a4286b822)
Chapter 7 (#u7338ad99-fd15-516a-b524-733bfe67a5dd)
Chapter 8 (#u2a108419-c77b-5a6e-9e55-09c9119d0b6b)
Chapter 9 (#u7987dc0f-d6e5-5de2-a829-f90ebb66a57b)
Chapter 10 (#u0bc839aa-a18c-586f-a4a4-0bc7a42a4b12)
Chapter 11 (#u27143897-45b5-594f-ae78-c2e479e16515)
Chapter 12 (#u25ae9f5f-70f0-5cd5-82ae-00b27f0dff69)
Chapter 13 (#u8b1ee884-5056-55e9-a9c5-4474b91457a8)
Chapter 14 (#ued809ea6-0676-5a38-80d7-80bebf01b58e)
Chapter 15 (#u4547bd45-bbaa-58ab-a439-1885ef1d0735)
Chapter 16 (#u7d02a962-cbc5-5425-ad50-a27ddc8c1c8b)
Chapter 17 (#u8a0ba637-3bca-53a2-8767-1e73ae91daae)
Chapter 18 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 19 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 20 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 21 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 22 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 23 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 24 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 25 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 26 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 27 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 28 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 29 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 30 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 31 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 32 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 33 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 34 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 35 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 36 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 37 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 38 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 39 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 40 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 41 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 42 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 43 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 44 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 45 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 46 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 47 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 48 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 49 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 50 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 51 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 52 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 53 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 54 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 55 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 56 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 57 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 58 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 59 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 60 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 61 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 62 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 63 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 64 (#litres_trial_promo)
Chapter 65 (#litres_trial_promo)
Keep Reading … (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)
Also by Kate Medina (#litres_trial_promo)
About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)
1 (#u4f65f4bb-6ed2-593a-a493-ef2d8eff81a1)
The little boy inched through the doorway, arms and legs jerking like a marionette. Stopping just inside, he scanned the room with frightened eyes. In his hands, he gripped a torch. A huge, black metal Maglite, which swung slowly back and forth in front of him as if he was feeling his way through darkness. The beam traced along the walls, was swallowed for a moment by the sharp winter light cutting in through the sash window. It scoured each corner, drifted over the furniture, stopping to inspect the alcove under Jessie’s desk, the corner where the filing cabinet housing her psychology books and journals cast shadow.
Kneeling down so that her face was level with his, but maintaining her distance, avoiding direct eye contact, Jessie smiled.
