A Murder of Magpies (32 page)

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Epilogue

About the Author

Also by Judith Flanders

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

A MURDER OF MAGPIES.
Copyright © 2014 by Judith Flanders. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

 

Flanders, Judith.

    A murder of magpies / Judith Flanders.—First U.S. edition.

            p.    cm.

    ISBN 978-1-250-05645-0 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4668-6028-5 (e-book)

  1.  Women detectives—Fiction.   2.  Book editors—Fiction.   3.  Women authors—Fiction.   I.  Title.

    PR6106.L365M87 2015

    823'.92—dc23

2014034042

 

e-ISBN 9781466860285

 

First published in Great Britain as
Writers' Block
by Allison & Busby

 

First U.S. Edition: February 2015