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Copyright © 2020 by David J. Bell

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The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows:

Names: Bell, David, 1969 November 17– author.

Title: The request / David Bell.

Description: First Edition. | New York : Berkley, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019055517 (print) | LCCN 2019055518 (ebook) | ISBN 9780440000891 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780440000914 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Mystery fiction. | Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3602.E64544 R47 2020 (print) | LCC PS3602.E64544

(ebook) | DDC 813/.6--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019055517

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019055518

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Cover design by Eileen Carey

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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