Silencing the Dead by Will Harker (ereader ebook .txt) 📕

glare, the dead marble of his eyes appeared to glitter.

“Lenny Kerrigan is alive and well and sends his compliments.”

I stared at Garris. My old mentor shrugged.

“Well, you never actually saw him die, now did you?”

Scott Jericho will return

in

THE WOMAN IN THE WALL

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About the Author

Will Harker is the award-winning author of several novels for adults and children.

As the son of a fairground showman, he has now used his inside knowledge of this still largely hidden community to create a detective unlike any other.

The brilliant but troubled Scott Jericho.

Will lives in an undisclosed location with a fierce fairground juk and a vivid imagination. You can find out more by signing up to his newsletter and by visiting willharker.com for news, reviews and exclusive content.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A huge thank you for the continuing encouragement and support of a brilliant bunch of fellow authors in ‘the Collective’ – you know who you are! I also owe my thanks to early readers of Jericho’s second case for their insights, advice, and keen editorial oversight: Hanna Elizabeth, Dawn Andrew, and Debbie Scarrow. The incredible cover art is the work of Meg Cowley.

Thanks again to my family – almost all showpeople themselves – for those long talks and reminiscences about fairground life and legends. Scott Jericho may be fictional but the world he inhabits is as real and vibrant as anyone could wish. I hope readers have been intrigued, not only by this story, but by a glimpse behind the curtain of this still largely hidden way of life.

If you have enjoyed SILENCING THE DEAD, I really would appreciate you taking a moment to leave a review. Just a few short words will do. It will help other readers like you find the book and encourages word-of-mouth support so that there can be more in the series!

GLOSSARY OF TRAVELLER SLANG:

Chap: a worker on the fairground who is not himself   a showperson.

Ground: Abbreviation for ‘fairground’

Joskin: A non-traveller (see also gorger)

Chavvy: A Traveller child

Dinlo: An idiot; a moron

Posh: Earnings, wages, profit.

Muller: To die or murder.

Ruck: A fight

Gavvers: The police

Juk: A fairground dog; usually a watchdog.

Mush: A man

Rokker: To speak

Jel: To go/to leave

Chor: To steal

Dukker/dukkerin: Fortune telling

Scran: Food

Mooie: Face

Mulardi: Haunted/creepy

Juvenile: A child’s ride.