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First published in the United States of America by Viking,
a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2006
This Sleuth edition published by Puffin Books,
a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, 2007

Copyright © Betsy Byars, 2006

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS HAS CATALOGED THE VIKING EDITION AS FOLLOWS:
Byars, Betsy Cromer.
King of Murder / by Betsy Byars.
p. cm.—(A Herculeah Jones mystery)
Summary: Herculeah meets a murder mystery writer, and has the uneasy feeling
that he knows more about murder than he should.

eISBN : 978-1-101-00702-0

[1. Murder—Fiction. 2. Mystery and detective stories.] I. Title.
PZ7.B9836Kin 2006 [Fic]—dc22 2005008422

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