Copyright, The Decent Inn of Death

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Airth, Rennie, 1935– author.

Title: The decent inn of death / Rennie Airth.

Description: New York: Penguin Books, [2020]

Identifiers: LCCN 2019013183 (print) | LCCN 2019015245 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525506065 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143134299 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PR9369.3.A47 (ebook) | LCC PR9369.3.A47 D44 2020 (print) | DDC 823/.914—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019013183

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.

Cover design: Colin Webber

Cover illustration: Matthew Taylor