A Darker Domain

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  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Contents

  Dedication

  Acknowledgements

  Wednesday 23rd January 1985; Newton of Wemyss

  Wednesday 13th December 1978; Rotheswell Castle

  Thursday 30th November 1984; Dysart

  Monday 2nd July 2007; Peterhead

  Glenrothes

  Thursday 26th April 2007; Villa Totti

  By the Same Author

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