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A Good Death
1983. Four disparate young women set out to scale Ausangate, one of the highest peaks in the Andes. Employing the enigmatic Wamami as a guide, they are initiated into the mystically dangerous side of Peru. 2013. Though the women are still, close, the secrets and betrayals of Ausangate chafe at the friendship. A girls’ weekend descends into conflict – and bitterness finally explodes the truth of Ausangate, setting the women on a dangerous new path.
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Douglas Watt
Douglas Watt was born in Edinburgh and brought up there and in Aberdeen. He was educated at Edinburgh University where he gained an MA and PhD in Scottish History. Douglas is the author of a series of historical crime novels set in late 17th century Sc …
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