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The narrative structure follows consecutive days from Saturday 29th November, 1941 through Sunday 7th December, 1941, culminating in an epilogue. Literary epigraphs and formal front-matter set a skeptical tone about history and temptation, guiding the reader toward deception as both theme and mechanism.","Contents  \nAbout the Author  \nAlso by Alan Parks  \nTitle Page  \nCopyright  \nDedication  \nEpigraph  \nPrologue  \nSaturday, 29th November, 1941  \nChapter 1  \nChapter 2  \nChapter 3  \nChapter 4  \nChapter 5  \nChapter 6  \nSunday, 30th November, 1941  \nChapter 7  \nChapter 8  \nChapter 9  \nChapter 10  \nChapter 11  \nChapter 12  \nMonday, 1st December, 1941  \nChapter 13  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nTuesday, 2nd December, 1941 Chapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nChapter 20  \nChapter 21  \nChapter 22  \nWednesday, 3rd December, 1941 Chapter 23  \nChapter 24  \nChapter 25  \nChapter 26  \nThursday, 4th December, 1941 Chapter 27  \nChapter 28  \nChapter 29  \nChapter 30  \nChapter 31  \nChapter 32  \nChapter 33  \nChapter 34  \nChapter 35  \nChapter 36  \nChapter 37  \nChapter 38  \nChapter 39  \nChapter 40  \nChapter 41  \nChapter 42  \nChapter 43  \nFriday, 5th December, 1941  \nChapter 44  \nChapter 45  \nChapter 46  \nChapter 47  \nChapter 48  \nChapter 49  \nChapter 50  \nSaturday, 6th December, 1941  \nChapter 51  \nChapter 52  \nChapter 53  \nChapter 54  \nChapter 55  \nChapter 56  \nChapter 57  \nChapter 58  \nChapter 59  \nChapter 60  \nSunday, 7th December, 1941  \nChapter 61  \nChapter 62  \nChapter 63  \nEpilogue  \nAcknowledgements  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAbout the Author  \nAlan Parks is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of the Harry McCoy series, which has won the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Book of the Year, the Prix Mystère de la Critique and an Edgar Award. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed Joseph Gunner thrillers, an international crime series set during the Second World War. Alan worked in the music industry for over twenty years before turning to writing. He now lives and works in Glasgow.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAlso by Alan Parks  \nThe Joseph Gunner Thrillers Gunner  \nThe Harry McCoy Thrillers Bloody January February’s Son  \nBobby March Will Live Forever The April Dead May God Forgive To Die in June  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nDECEPTION  \nAlan Parks  \n[www.johnmurraypress.co.uk](www.johnmurraypress.co.uk)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 2026 by Baskerville An imprint of John Murray Publishing Group  \nCopyright © Alan Parks 2026  \nThe right of Alan Parks to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act  \n1988.  \nCover photographs © Alamy Stock Photo, [Shutterstock.com](Shutterstock.com)[ ](Shutterstock.com)Cover design by kid-ethic  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored ina retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.  \nAll characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library  \nebook ISBN 9781399819749  \nCarmelite House  \n50 Victoria Embankment  \nLondon EC4Y 0DZ  \n[www.johnmurraypress.co.uk](www.johnmurraypress.co.uk)  \nJohn Murray Publishing Group, part of Hodder & Stoughton Limited  \nAn Hachette UK company  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nIn memory of Malcolm Dunbar  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWhat’s the use of a great city having temptations if fellows don’t yield to them?  \nP. G. Wodehouse  \nHistory is a set of lies agreed upon.  \nNapoleon Bonaparte  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)","cbCaikPVMKlRbS17","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikPVMKlRbS17","pdf",3192361,267,"English","en",105,"# Prologue\n## Chapter 1\n## Chapter 2\n## Chapter 3\n## Chapter 4\n## Chapter 5\n## Chapter 6\n## Chapter 7\n## Chapter 8\n## Chapter 9\n## Chapter 10\n## Chapter 11\n## Chapter 12\n## Chapter 13\n## Chapter 14\n## Chapter 15\n## Chapter 16\n## Chapter 17\n## Chapter 18\n## Chapter 19\n## Chapter 20\n## Chapter 21\n## Chapter 22\n## Chapter 23\n## Chapter 24\n## Chapter 25\n## Chapter 26\n## Chapter 27\n## Chapter 28\n## Chapter 29\n## Chapter 30\n## Chapter 31\n## Chapter 32\n## Chapter 33\n## Chapter 34\n## Chapter 35\n## Chapter 36\n## Chapter 37\n## Chapter 38\n## Chapter 39\n## Chapter 40\n## Chapter 41\n## Chapter 42\n## Chapter 43\n## Chapter 44\n## Chapter 45\n## Chapter 46\n## Chapter 47\n## Chapter 48\n## Chapter 49\n## Chapter 50\n## Chapter 51\n## Chapter 52\n## Chapter 53\n## Chapter 54\n## Chapter 55\n## Chapter 56\n## Chapter 57\n## Chapter 58\n## Chapter 59\n## Chapter 60\n## Chapter 61\n## Chapter 62\n## Chapter 63\n# Epilogue","[{\"question\":\"What time period and dates does the novel structure emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The chapter listing tracks specific days in late November and early December 1941, beginning Saturday 29th November, 1941 and moving through Sunday 7th December, 1941.\"},{\"question\":\"Who is the author of Deception?\",\"answer\":\"The author is Alan Parks.\"},{\"question\":\"What role does the prologue play in the book layout?\",\"answer\":\"The book opens with a Prologue dated Saturday, 29th November, 1941, establishing the initial stage before the numbered chapters proceed day by day.\"}]","DECEPTION - 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