Copyright

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      First published in the United States as The Taster by Kensington Publishing 2018

      This ebook edition published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

      Copyright © V.S. Alexander 2018

      Cover photograph © Arcangel images

      Cover photograph © Trevillion images

      Cover design © Lisa Horton 2018

      V.S. Alexander asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780008262853

      Ebook Edition © January 2018 ISBN: 9780008262860

      Version 2018-01-18