Blood in the Dust

  B.S.

  About the Author

  Bill Swiggs was born in Victoria and brought up in Western Australia, where he still lives. He joined the Royal Australian Air Force as an aviation firefighter before becoming a police officer, and now works as a firefighter for a defence contractor. Bill divides his time between working, writing, flying and his grandchildren.

  First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Zaffre

  This ebook edition published in 2019 by

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  Copyright © Bill Swiggs, 2019

  Cover design by Lewis Csizmazia

  Cover image © Shutterstock images

  The moral right of Bill Swiggs to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright,

  Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

  ISBN: 978–1–78576–908–5

  Paperbook ISBN: 978–1–78576–907–8

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