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First published in Great Britain and the USA 2013 by

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Copyright © 2013 by Eric Brown.

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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Brown, Eric, 1960-

Murder by the book.

1. Murder–Investigation–England–London–Fiction.

2. Detective and mystery stories.

I. Title

823.9'2-dc23

ISBN-13: 978-1-78029-051-5 (cased)

ISBN-13: 978-1-78010-413-3 (epub)

Except where actual historical events and characters are being described for the storyline of this novel, all situations in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to living persons is purely coincidental.

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