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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Cooper, Susan Rogers author.

Dead to the world.–(An E.J. Pugh mystery)

1. Pugh, E.J. (Fictitious character)–Fiction.

2. Murder–Investigation–Texas–Fiction. 3. Psychics–

Fiction. 4. Women novelists–Fiction. 5. Women private

investigators–United States–Fiction. 6. Detective and

mystery stories.

I. Title II. Series

813.6-dc23

ISBN-13: 978-0-7278-8458-9 (cased)

ISBN-13: 978-1-84751-559-9 (trade paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-78010-607-6 (e-book)

Except where actual historical events and characters are being described for the storyline of this novel, all situations in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to living persons is purely coincidental.

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