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CONTENTS   Dedication Contents Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-One Twenty-Two Twenty-Three Twenty-Four Twenty-Five Twenty-Six Twenty-Seven Twenty-Eight Twenty-Nine Thirty Thirty-One Thirty-Two Thirty-Three Thirty-Four Thirty-Five Thirty-Six Thirty-Seven Thirty-Eight Thirty-Nine Forty Forty-One Forty-Two Forty-Three Forty-Four Forty-Five Forty-Six Forty-Seven Forty-Eight Forty-Nine Fifty Fifty-One Fifty-Two Acknowledgements Seven Sisters Sample Book Club Questions About the Author Copyright      Guide  Cover Contents Prologue       ii iii v vi 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 i iv      ABOUT THE AUTHOR  KATHERINE KOVACIC has written short stories, true crime and crime fiction. Her debut novel, The Portrait of Molly Dean, was shortlisted for the 2019 Ned Kelly Awards for Best First Fiction, and is the first of three books in the Alex Clayton Art Mystery series. Katherine frequently lives in her head with her characters but generally maintains a physical presence in Melbourne.      COPYRIGHT HarperCollinsPublishers Australia • Brazil • Canada • France • Germany • Holland • India Italy • Japan • Mexico • New Zealand • Poland • Spain • Sweden Switzerland • United Kingdom • United States of America HarperCollins acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we live and work, and pays respect to Elders past and present. First published in Australia in 2023 by HarperCollinsPublishers Australia Pty Limited Gadigal Country Level 13, 201 Elizabeth Street, Sydney NSW 2000 ABN 36 009 913 517 harpercollins.com.au Copyright © Katherine Kovacic 2023 The right of Katherine Kovacic to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000. This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.  ISBN 978 1 4607 6188 5 (paperback) ISBN 978 1 4607 1480 5 (ebook) ISBN 978 1 4607 4503 8 (audiobook) A catalogue record for this book is available from the National Library of Australia Cover design by Darren Holt, HarperCollins Design Studio Cover image by Jake Langridge on Unsplash Author photograph by Rebecca Taylor   DEDICATION For all the strong women in my life. Different battles, same inspirational grit.   CONTENTS Dedication Prologue One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-One Twenty-Two Twenty-Three Twenty-Four Twenty-Five Twenty-Six Twenty-Seven Twenty-Eight Twenty-Nine Thirty Thirty-One Thirty-Two Thirty-Three Thirty-Four Thirty-Five Thirty-Six Thirty-Seven Thirty-Eight Thirty-Nine Forty Forty-One Forty-Two Forty-Three Forty-Four Forty-Five Forty-Six Forty-Seven Forty-Eight Forty-Nine Fifty Fifty-One Fifty-Two Acknowledgements Seven Sisters Sample Book Club Questions About the Author Copyright   PROLOGUE The handle of the carving knife was slippery in her palm. She couldn’t tear her gaze away from the body. Suddenly, his eyes flew open. His chest rose. Blood bubbled at his lips, and he made a wet, sucking sound. She looked at the knife in her hand, back at the man on her lounge. When he pulled in another breath, she could see the effort it cost  ONE ‘I should go.’ Naomi pushed her hands back across her head, pressing hard. Her eyes felt gritty, but there were no tears – not anymore. ‘We still have five minutes,’ said Mia. ‘But if you need to go . . .’ Naomi bent to pick up her handbag. She paused, staring down, looking at nothing, thinking about everything. She took a deep breath and peered at Mia from