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  The Debt Collector is the next book in the Sydney Harbour Hospital Series.

  Here’s a sneak peek:

  Hannah Langdon loves working with the dead. As an embalmer at the Max Grace Funeral Home in the inner city Sydney suburb of Balmain, she is proud of her work and considers it an honor and a privilege to prepare someone for their final resting place.

  But lately, there have been an alarming number of her co-workers who have been killed in horrible accidents. The fact that these people live on the fringes of Sydney society and have no one to mourn them doesn’t ease Hannah’s turbulent state of mind. By chance, she reconnects with a man from her past, a man she’d rather forget.

  Doctor Jared Black is now a highly respected surgeon who works in the reputable Sydney Harbour Hospital, but she remembers him only as the seventeen-year-old drunk driver who killed her high school boyfriend. Now Jared’s twin has gone missing and Hannah wants to know why. After all, the last time she saw him was at the Max Grace Funeral Home…

  What is happening to the people employed at the funeral home? Hannah can’t help but think she might be next…

  The Debt Collector will be released on 26 June, 2016 and is AVAILABLE NOW for pre-order.

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  As usual, no book comes into being without a lot of help and support by my friends and family. A world of thanks must go to my wonderful editor, Pat Thomas. Thank you for everything that you do to make my stories even more amazing than I could ever dare to dream. To Detective Superintendent Michael Kilfoyle, David Savage and to Senior Constable Rebecca Bavister, thank you for lending my story credibility. Any mistakes are wholly my own.

  To Alisha and all of the staff at damonza.com, thank you for yet another fantastic cover. To my sister, Nicole Guihot and to my friend, Ally Thomson, thank you for your excellent editorial comments, proof reading skills and suggestions. I hope you like the final result.

  To Amy Atwell and her dedicated staff at Author EMS who are so much more than book formatters. Amy, once again, thank you for your magic.

  To the fantastic writer organizations such as Romance Writers of Australia, Romance Writers of America and Romance Writers of New Zealand for all the help, support and encouragement they offer new and aspiring writers, including me.

  To my readers, thank you for your support and love for my stories. Your encouragement and enjoyment make this journey all worthwhile.

  And lastly, to my friends and family, especially my husband and children. Thank you for putting up with late dinners and even later conversations as I’ve emerged day after day from the sometimes scary but always enthralling world I’ve created on my computer.

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Chris Taylor grew up on a farm in north-west New South Wales, Australia. She always had a thirst for stories and recalls writing her first book at the ripe old age of eight. Always a lover of romance and happily-ever-afters, a career in criminal law sparked her interest in intrigue and suspense. For Chris to be able to combine romance with suspense in her books is a dream come true.

  Chris is married to Linden and is the mother of five children. If not behind her computer, you can find her doing the school run, taxiing children to swimming lessons, football, ballet and cricket. In her spare time, Chris loves to read her favorite authors who include Richard North Patterson, Sandra Brown, Kathleen E Woodiwiss and Jude Devereaux.

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  COPYRIGHT NOTICE

  © 2016 by Chris Taylor

  (All Rights Reserved)

  LCT Productions Pty Ltd

  18364 Kamilaroi Highway, Narrabri NSW 2390

  ISBN. 978-1-925119-29-9 (Ebook)

  ISBN. 978-1-925119-30-5 (Paperback)

  This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only and may not be re-sold or given away to other people. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated.

  The Final Bullet is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media and incidents either are 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.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

  Dedication

  Books by Chris Taylor

  Prologue

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Epilogue

  Note to Readers

  Acknowledgements

  About the Author

  Copyright