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  First published in Germany in 2012 by Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin

  This e-book edition published in Great Britain in 2016 by Manilla Publishing,

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  Copyright © Marc Raabe, 2012 and Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin

  English translation copyright © Sharmila Cohen for Parkbench Publishing Services 2016

  Cover design by Cornelia Niere

  Cover illustrations: © Getty (knife); Shutterstock (bee)

  The moral right of the author to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

  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: 978-1-7865-8006-1

  This e-book was produced by IDSUK (Data Connection) Ltd

  Manilla Publishing is an imprint of Bonnier Publishing Fiction, a Bonnier Publishing company

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