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First published in the US in 2024 as The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2024
by Mysterious Press, an imprint of Penzler Publishers

First published in the UK in 2024 by Head of Zeus,
part of Bloomsbury Pubishing Plc

The moral right of Anthony Horowitz to be identified as the editor of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988.

The list of individual titles and respective copyrights to be found at the back of this book constitutes an extension of this copyright page.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book.

This is an anthology of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN (HB): 9781035909766
ISBN (E): 9781035909759

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