This is a work of fiction. Characters, places, and events are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real people, companies, institutions, organizations, or incidents is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2009 by Janet LaPierre
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LaPierre, Janet.

Run a crooked mile : a mystery novel / by Janet LaPierre. p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-1-880284-88-9 (pbk. : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-880284-88-X (pbk. : alk. paper)

1.  Widows—Fiction. 2. Women—Crimes against—Fiction. 3. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 4. Trinity County (Calif.)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3562.A624R86 2008

813’.54—dc22

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