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Copyright © 2025 by Alafair Burke
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Burke, Alafair, author.
Title: The note : a novel / Alafair Burke.
Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2025.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023054411 | ISBN 9780593537084 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593537091 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524712747 (open-market)
Subjects: LCGFT: Thrillers (Fiction) | Novels.
Classification: LCC PS3602.U755 N68 2025 | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20231201
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023054411
Ebook ISBN 9780593537091
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Cover design by Jenny Carrow
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