BERKLEY PRIME CRIME
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Copyright © 2018 by Jennifer McKinlay Orf
Excerpt from The Good Ones copyright © 2018 Jennifer McKinlay Orf
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McKinlay, Jenn, author.
Title: Hitting the books / Jenn McKinlay.
Description: First edition. | New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2018. | Series: A library lover’s mystery ; 9
Identifiers: LCCN 2018004285| ISBN 9780451492678 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780451492692 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Norris, Lindsey (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | Women detectives—Fiction. | Library directors—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3612.A948 H58 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004285
First Edition: September 2018
Cover art by Julia Green / Mendola LTD
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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