MARK SENNEN
TouchBad BloodCut Dead
AVON
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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015
Touch Copyright © Mark Sennen 2012
Bad Blood Copyright © Mark Sennen 2013
Cut Dead Copyright © Mark Sennen 2014
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AVON
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London SE1 9GF
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Copyright © Mark Sennen 2012
Mark Sennen 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 authorâs imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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When Harry was a child he lived at the top of the house. His little bedroom had been crammed under the eaves and had funny shaped walls, sloping ceilings and iron hooks in the beams to which you could tie things. Most of the year the temperature seemed glacial and when night fell he would go to bed fully-clothed and try to think himself warm. Then he would lie in the darkness listening to the noise of the water tank hidden behind one wall. He knew he wouldnât be able to sleep until he was sure nobody would come, but as long as the room stayed dark he didnât get afraid. The dark felt comforting. Safe. In the dark he became invisible. It was when the light came on he got scared.
Harry peered through the window into the gloom beyond the cracked glass. Nothing to see but black. Clouds hid the moon and stars and there were no streetlights, no cars or other signs of life. Not out here. Harry smiled to himself. He didnât get scared. Not anymore. He turned from the window and gazed across at the girl. She slouched in the chair dressed in the white underwear he had bought for her. She didnât say much, just sat unmoving, eyes wide. Her silence was understandable, after all they had been together for weeks and she didnât have much left to say. Still, he could tell by her demeanour she wasnât comfortable, that something wasnât quite right. Harry tutted to himself and shook his head. This would never do. He went over to the girl and reached out and touched her skin. Cold. Ice cold. Poor girl, no wonder the smile on her face had gone. He bent down and fiddled with the fan heater, turning the knob up a couple of notches. The fan whirred in protest but the air seemed a little warmer. He moved the heater and angled the air flow upwards so the warmth reached the girlâs body. There, she looked almost happy.