Copyright © 2007 by Tess Gerritsen
Excerpt from The Silent Girl copyright © 2011 by Tess Gerritsen.
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Gerritsen, Tess.
The bone garden: a novel / Tess Gerritsen.
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1. Medical examiners (Law)—Fiction. 2. Forensic pathologists—Fiction. 3. Boston (Mass.)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3557.E687B66 2007 813'.54—dc22 2007029888
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Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgments
March 20, 1888
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
1888: And so, Margaret, you have…
Author’s Note
About the Author
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