Die and Stay Dead (57 page)

Nicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker-, Thriller-, and Shirley Jackson Award–nominated author of
Dying Is My Business, Chasing the Dragon, Hunt at World’s End, and Still Life: Nine Stories
. Over the years, he’s worked in publishing, owned his own bookstore, managed a video store, and was a development associate for a literary agent. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and two ridiculous cats.

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.

DIE AND STAY DEAD.
Copyright © 2014 by Nicholas Kaufmann. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.stmartins.com

Cover design by Ervin Serrano

Cover illustration by Chris McGrath

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The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request.

ISBN 978-1-250-03612-4 (trade paperback)

ISBN 978-1-250-03611-7 (e-book)

e-ISBN 9781250036117

First Edition: October 2014