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Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R ORL, England There are now ten bestselling novels by Nicci French: The Memory Game, The Safe House, Killing Me Softly, Beneath the Skin, The Red Room, Land of the Living, Secret Smile, Catch Me When I Fall, Losing You and Until It’s Over (the new hardback, published in May 2008). The couple are married and live in Suffolk. Nicci French is the pseudonym for the writing partnership of journalists Nicci Gerrard and Sean French.

Killing Me Softly by Nicci French