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First published in Great Britain and the USA 2014 by SEVERN HOUSE PUBLISHERS LTD of

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Collection Copyright © 2014 by Crime Writers’ Association

Foreword Copyright © 2014 by Alison Joseph

Introduction Copyright © 2014 by Martin Edwards

For Copyright in the individual stories please consult the list here.

The right of Edited by Martin Edwards to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

Guilty parties : a Crime Writers’ Association anthology.

1. Detective and mystery stories, English.

I. Edwards, Martin, 1955- editor of compilation.

823’.087208092-dc23

ISBN-13: 978-07278-8387-2 (cased)

ISBN-13: 978-1-84751-516-2 (trade paper)

ISBN-13: 978-1-78010-534-5 (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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