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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Weir, Charlene.

Edge of midnight / Charlene Weir.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-0-312-34797-0

ISBN-10: 0-312-34797-9

1. Wren, Susan (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women police chiefs—Fiction. 3. Police—Kansas—Fiction. 4. Kansas—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.E39744 E34 2006

813'.54—dc22

2006046583

First Edition: December 2006

eISBN 9781466834477

First eBook edition: November 2012