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.

SHOOT THE WOMAN FIRST. Copyright © 2013 by Wallace Stroby. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover photographs: Detroit at night © Matthew Minucci; woman by Steve Gardner

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ISBN 978-1-250-00038-5 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-250-02247-9 (e-book)

e-ISBN 978125022479

First Edition: December 2013