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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971– , author.
Title: The birthday girl: a novel / Melissa de la Cruz.
Description: New York: Dutton, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2019010919 (print) | LCCN 2019012935 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524743796 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524743772 (hc)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3604.E128 (ebook) | LCC PS3604.E128 B57 2019 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019010919
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, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.