title: The Next Chapter
author: Bryn T. Jones
description: A despairing, bereaved family man finds himself caught in a deadly writing game with the police thinking he's a psychopathic killer. His only hope is to write the next chapter in the game with the thin hope of finding the villain before he claims his next victim.
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  ## Diana Wynne Jones
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  [scan notes and proofing
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  #### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [PART
  ONE](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_006.html#chapter_1)  
  
  
  [PART
  TWO](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_007.html#chapter_2)  
  
  
  [PART
  THREE](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_008.html#chapter_3)  
  
  
  [PART
  FOUR](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_009.html#chapter_4)  
  
  
  [PART
  FIVE](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_010.html#chapter_5)  
  
  
  [PART
  SIX](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_011.html#chapter_6)  
  
  
  [PART
  SEVEN](Jones%2c%20Diana%20Wynne%20-%20Hexwood%203S%28v1%29%28html%29_split_012.html#chapter_7)  
  
  
  [PART
  EIGHT](J