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The Silence
Joss Stirling
’I raced through this book, at a rate of knots. And, oh my, I wasn't expecting what the author delivered! Shocks aplenty, I can tell you!’ Amazon Top 500 Reviewer⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Jonah never thought he had it in him to kill a woman, but he was wrong. She was lying at his feet. He had to make the call. Grabbing the receiver on the old landline phone, he dialled in the number. It took so long for the dial to turn back. 9 click-click-click, 9 click-click-click, 9 click-click-click. ‘Which service do you require?’ ‘Ambulance ‒police ‒both. ’ Her scream still drilled in his ear even though she was silent. He’d only thought to shut her up. ‘I think I’ve hurt someone. ’ When Jenny, a concert violinist, moves to an atmospheric old house in Blackheath, it seems like the answer to her prayers. The eccentric owner, Bridget, is keen to share her house with like-minded artists and also living there is the charismatic actor, Jonah, who is dogged by his traumatic past; both a curse and a blessing as his edgy persona gains traction in the acting world. Jenny is herself battling demons; unable to speak after a catastrophic incident when she was a teenager, she is reliant on strong painkillers to dull the constant pain. Gradually, an insidious addiction takes hold and Jenny’s life spirals out of control. The housemates find themselves battling to save not only their sanity, but also their lives…
The Silence
JOSS STIRLING
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Source ISBN: 9780008358211
Ebook Edition © April 2019 ISBN: 9780008358204
Version: 2019-04-19
For Richard Blackford
‘There are times when one cannot lift a blade of grass without finding a serpent underneath it.’
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore (1786-1859)
‘Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.’
Elie Wiesel (1928-2016)
Table of Contents
Cover (#ua9498f5c-e2ad-56ed-9b93-313a414056a1)
Title Page (#ua0332e51-7c56-56a3-87ed-959f75d771ac)
Copyright (#u4f53828d-6c4c-502a-94a0-fd16142c528e)
Dedication (#u953e0ab5-b86f-5031-8556-e1fc7993d6eb)
Epigraph (#ua033578f-bb94-5f47-86f5-11a244f93398)
Prologue (#u4b339453-7bd7-55d3-8eb7-64ba72bcb383)
Part 1 – The Fair (#u35adade4-b143-5fa9-8637-4358212729a9)
Chapter 1 (#ub280733a-4340-5e36-a9fd-2c433580c95a)
Chapter 2 (#u29be2819-c8cc-5e93-a6ab-05cf55ea34fd)
Chapter 3 (#uee6aa5cb-880f-52f3-b77d-05e75729221e)
Chapter 4 (#u6ceb1a25-8594-5586-a3df-d448cd036afb)
Chapter 5 (#u782e0f29-4b64-5ba4-8399-41e59c7ad71c)
Chapter 6 (#u8ba56e6c-2b24-5e09-aef8-9849573e609e)
Chapter 7 (#u4a177a2b-354c-5734-a10a-7e613d4c1483)
Chapter 8 (#uaeaafc30-72e0-523a-b962-a0153c80af79)
Chapter 9 (#u245c197e-c94a-5517-84dc-e4176f522c63)
Chapter 10 (#u58d82efe-6520-5a9c-8021-8ec7ff937449)
Chapter 11 (#udacce07e-1179-5b63-9ac4-4ca7ca8395e1)
Chapter 12 (#u2f558d01-f825-5c9a-a27c-cfd7258bb11e)
Chapter 13 (#uf99d72ea-5db0-543e-9058-23a344489ce1)
Chapter 14 (#u16b3b7c2-20cc-5130-989b-b3e90d449720)
Chapter 15 (#u63ef4840-c58c-5f02-ad75-fc012cb3713e)
Part 2 – The Fool’s Room (#u74a051a8-d1f1-5f1c-a98c-ba8d215d1858)
Chapter 16 (#u9c89d3af-188a-53fc-85c6-96b58f61facb)
Chapter 17 (#u7bf99dd4-a32c-58c9-9795-5993e82d258e)
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)
Part 3 – The Moor’s Room (#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)
Part 4 – Return to the Fair (#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)
Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)
Acknowledgements (#litres_trial_promo)
