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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Note
Cast of Characters
Map
Part 1
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Part 2
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Part 3
Chapter 19
Part 4
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Part 5
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Part 6
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Part 7
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Part 8
Chapter 54
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Glossary
About the Author
Also by Michael Stanley
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. Copyright © 2015 by Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design and illustration by Young Jin Lim
The Library-of-Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available upon request.
ISBN 978-1-250-07089-0 (hardcover)
e-ISBN 978-1-4668-8155-6
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First Edition: October 2015