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“I said how much. How much do you want to keep quiet?”
“Oh, it’s not your money I’m after, Mr. Quilley, or may I call you Dennis? Well, not only money, anyway. I’m a widow now. I’m all alone in the world.”
She looked around the room, her piggy eyes glittering, then gave Quilley one of the most disgusting looks he’d ever had in his life.
“I’ve always fancied living near the lake,” she said, reaching for another cigarette. “Live here alone, do you?”
About the Author
One of the world’s most popular and acclaimed writers, PETER ROBINSON grew up in the United Kingdom, and now divides his time between Toronto and England. The bestselling, award-winning author of the Inspector Banks series, he has also written two short-story collections and three standalone novels, which combined have sold more than ten million copies around the world. Among his many honors and prizes are the Edgar Award, the CWA (UK) Dagger in the Library Award, and Sweden’s Martin Beck Award.
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Also by Peter Robinson
Gallows View
A Dedicated Man
A Necessary End
The Hanging Valley
Past Reason hated
Wednesday’s Child
The First Cut
Final Account
Innocent Graves
Blood at the Root
In a Dry Season
Cold is the Grave
Aftermath
Close to Home
Playing with Fire
Strange Affair
Piece of my Heart
Friend of the Devil
All the Colors of Darkness
The Price of Love and Other Stories
Bad Boy
Before the Poison
Watching the Dark
Children of the Revolution
In the Dark Places
No Cure for Love
Credits
Cover photograph © Colleen Farrell / Arcangel Images
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblence to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
FAN MAIL. Copyright © 2015 by Peter Robinson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransfereable, right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, 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 hereafter invented, without the express written permisison of HarperCollins e-books.
FIRST EDITION
This story originally appeared in the collection Not Safe After Dark, published by Crippen & Landru in 1998.
EPub Edition Feburary 2016 ISBN 9780062413833
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“Oh, it’s not your money I’m after, Mr. Quilley, or may I call you Dennis? Well, not only money, anyway. I’m a widow now. I’m all alone in the world.”
She looked around the room, her piggy eyes glittering, then gave Quilley one of the most disgusting looks he’d ever had in his life.
“I’ve always fancied living near the lake,” she said, reaching for another cigarette. “Live here alone, do you?”
About the Author
One of the world’s most popular and acclaimed writers, PETER ROBINSON grew up in the United Kingdom, and now divides his time between Toronto and England. The bestselling, award-winning author of the Inspector Banks series, he has also written two short-story collections and three standalone novels, which combined have sold more than ten million copies around the world. Among his many honors and prizes are the Edgar Award, the CWA (UK) Dagger in the Library Award, and Sweden’s Martin Beck Award.
Discover great authors, exclusive offers, and more at hc.com.
Also by Peter Robinson
Gallows View
A Dedicated Man
A Necessary End
The Hanging Valley
Past Reason hated
Wednesday’s Child
The First Cut
Final Account
Innocent Graves
Blood at the Root
In a Dry Season
Cold is the Grave
Aftermath
Close to Home
Playing with Fire
Strange Affair
Piece of my Heart
Friend of the Devil
All the Colors of Darkness
The Price of Love and Other Stories
Bad Boy
Before the Poison
Watching the Dark
Children of the Revolution
In the Dark Places
No Cure for Love
Credits
Cover photograph © Colleen Farrell / Arcangel Images
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblence to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
FAN MAIL. Copyright © 2015 by Peter Robinson. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransfereable, right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, 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 hereafter invented, without the express written permisison of HarperCollins e-books.
FIRST EDITION
This story originally appeared in the collection Not Safe After Dark, published by Crippen & Landru in 1998.
EPub Edition Feburary 2016 ISBN 9780062413833
16 17 18 19 20
About the Publisher
Australia
HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty. Ltd.
Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street
Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
www.harpercollins.com.au
Canada
HarperCollins Canada
2 Bloor Street East - 20th Floor
Toronto, ON, M4W, 1A8, Canada
www.harpercollins.ca
New Zealand
HarperCollins Publishers New Zealand
Unit D1, 63 Apollo Drive
Rosedale 0632
Auckland, New Zealand
www.harpercollins.co.nz
United Kingdom
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF, UK
www.harpercollins.co.uk
United States
HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
195 Broadway
New York, NY 10007
www.harpercollins.com
Peter Robinson, Fan Mail
