City of Grudges is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, incidents, and events described are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously.

Any resemblance to actual incidents or actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2018 by Richard McLean Outzen, Jr.

All rights reserved. Published in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the permission in writing from the publisher.

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First Edition

ISBN 978-1-59079-487-6

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

       Names: Outzen, Rick, author.

       Title: City of grudges / Rick Outzen.

       Description: First edition. | New York: SelectBooks, Inc., 2018.

       Identifiers: LCCN 2017020722

       Subjects: LCSH: Newspaper publishing--Fiction. | City and town life--Fiction.

       | Secrecy--Fiction. | Corruption--Fiction. | Homicide--Fiction. | Malicious accusation--Fiction. | Pensacola (Fla.)--Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

       Classification: LCC PS3615.U98 C58 2018 | DDC 813/.6--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017020722

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