The Price of Butcher's Meat (68 page)

The Only Game

The Roar of the Butterfl ies

d a l z i e l a n d p a s c o e n o v e l s
A Clubbable Woman

An Advancement of Learning

Ruling Passion

An April Shroud

A Pinch of Snuff

A Killing Kindness

Deadheads

Exit Lines

Child’s Play

Underworld

Bones and Silence

One Small Step

Recalled to Life

Pictures of Perfection

Asking for the Moon

The Wood Beyond

On Beulah Height

Arms and the Women

Dialogues of the Dead

Death’s Jest- Book

Good Morning, Midnight

Death Comes for the Fat Man

j o e s i x s m i t h n o v e l s

Blood Sympathy

Born Guilty

Killing the Lawyers

Singing the Sadness

Credits

Designed by Mary Austin Speaker

Jacket photograph © Jonathan Olley / Getty Images Jacket design Evan Gaffney

Copyright

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE PRICE OF BUTCHER’S MEAT. Copyright © 2008 by Reginald Hill. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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• Cover Image
  
• Title Page
  
• Dedication Page
  
• Epigraph Page
  
• Contents
  
  • Volume the First
    
    • Chapter One
      
    • Chapter Two
      
    • Chapter Three
      
    • Chapter Four
      
    • Chapter Five
      
    • Chapter Six
      
    • Chapter Seven
      
    • Chapter Eight
      
    • Chapter Nine
      
    • Chapter Ten
      
    • Chapter Eleven
      
    • Chapter Twelve
      
    • Chapter Thirteen
      
    • Chapter Fourteen
      
    • Chapter Fifteen
      
    • Chapter Sixteen
      
    • Chapter Seventeen
      
    • Chapter Eighteen
      
    • Chapter Nineteen
      
  • Volume the Second
    
    • Chapter One
      
    • Chapter Two
      
    • Chapter Three
      
    • Chapter Four
      
    • Chapter Five
      
    • Chapter Six
      
    • Chapter Seven
      
    • Chapter Eight
      
    • Chapter Nine
      
    • Chapter Ten
      
    • Chapter Eleven
      
    • Chapter Twelve
      
    • Chapter Thirteen
      
  • Volume the Third
    
    • Chapter One
      
    • Chapter Two
      
    • Chapter Three
      
    • Chapter Four
      
    • Chapter Five
      
    • Chapter Six
      
    • Chapter Seven
      
    • Chapter Eight
      
    • Chapter Nine
      
  • Volume the Fourth
    
    • Chapter One
      
    • Chapter Two
      
    • Chapter Three
      
    • Chapter Four
      
    • Chapter Five
      
    • Chapter Six
      
    • Chapter Seven
      
    • Chapter Eight
      
    • Chapter Nine
      
    • Chapter Ten
      
    • Chapter Eleven
      
    • Chapter Twelve
      
    • Chapter Thirteen
      
    • Chapter Fourteen
      
  • Volume the Fifth
    
    • Chapter One
      
    • Chapter Two
      
    • Chapter Three
      
  • Volume the Sixth
    
    • Chapter One
      
    • Chapter Two
      
    • Chapter Three
      
  • About the Author
    
  • Also by Reginald Hill
    
  • Credits
    
  • Copyright Notice
    
  • About the Publisher