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Copyright © 2016 by Thomas Mullen

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Mullen, Thomas.

Title: Darktown : a novel / Thomas Mullen.

Description: New York : 37 Ink/Atria , 2016.

Identifiers: LCCN 2015041687 (print) | LCCN 2015044852 (ebook)

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural. | FICTION / African American / Mystery & Detective.

Classification: LCC PS3613.U447 D37 2016 (print) | LCC PS3613.U447 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015041687

ISBN 978-1-5011-3386-2

ISBN 978-1-5011-3388-6 (ebook)