Between the Living and the Dead

  A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.

  An imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group.

  BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. Copyright © 2015 by Bill Crider. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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  Cover illustration by Ben Perini

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

  Crider, Bill, 1941–

  Between the living and the dead: a Dan Rhodes mystery / Bill Crider. — First edition.

  p. cm.

  “A Thomas Dunne Book.”

  ISBN 978-1-250-03970-5 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-250-03969-9 (e-book)

  1. Rhodes, Dan (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Sheriffs—Fiction. 3. Texas—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3553.R497B48 2015

  813'.54—dc23

  2015017156

  e-ISBN 9781250039699

  First Edition: August 2015