No True Echo (19 page)
Authors: Gareth P. Jones
This book is just one of many altered versions. The numerous echo jumps that produced it were made possible by those who generously spent time reading its âoriginating' versions. These echo time agents include Lisa Whittaker, Leslie and Lesley Jones (AKA mum and dad), Naomi Colthurst, Sarah Odedina and Melissa Hyder at Hot Key Books and Susan Van Metre at Abrams. Thanks to Madi Bliss for school timetables and to Lauren Bliss for use of her name. The finer points of echo technology were ironed out with the assistance of various pub-based conversations with individuals including (but not exclusively) Tara Cowell, Pete Brooker, Amanda Clyde, Dr Finbar Good, Adam Holt and Natalie Foster. The Echo Corporation apologises for any dizziness or confusion caused while attempting to understand how echo technology actually works.
The Society of Thirteen
Constable & Toop
The Considine Curse
The Thornthwaite Inheritance
Gareth divides his time between writing books, visiting schools, producing TV programmes and annoying his friends and family by playing the ludicrous number of stringed instruments in his front room. He won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Prize 2012 for
The Considine Curse
, and
The Case of The Missing Cats
, the first book in The Dragon Detective Agency series, was nominated for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.
The Thornthwaite Inheritance
won seven children's book awards, and his previous books for Hot Key Books,
Constable & Toop
and
The Society of Thirteen
, were extremely well-received. Follow Gareth at
www.garethwrites.co.uk
or on Twitter:
@jonesgarethp
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First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Hot Key Books
Northburgh House, 10 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0AT
Text copyright © 2015 Gareth P. Jones
Cover illustration copyright © 2015 Sam Hearn
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All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 978-1-4714-0417-7
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