The Stonecutter. Camilla Lackberg
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CAMILLA LACKBERG
The Stonecutter
Translated from the Swedish
by Steven T. Murray
Copyright
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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Copyright © Camilla Lackberg 2005
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English translation © Steven T. Murray 2008
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Source ISBN: 9780007253975
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Version: 2017-10-18
To Ulle All possible happiness
Table of Contents
1
The lobster fishery was not what it once was. Back then, hard-working, professional lobstermen trapped the black crustaceans. Now, summertime visitors spent a week fishing