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Copyright © 2019 by Max Seeck

Translation copyright © 2020 by Kristian London

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Originally published in Finnish as Uskollinen lukija by Tammi Publishers, 2019.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Seeck, Max, 1985– author. | London, Kristian, translator.

Title: The witch hunter / Max Seeck ; translation by Kristian London.

Other titles: Uskollinen lukija. English

Description: New York : Berkley, 2020. | Originally published in Finnish as Uskollinen lukija (Faithful Reader).

Identifiers: LCCN 2020009346 (print) | LCCN 2020009347 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593199664 (trade paperback) | ISBN 9780593199671 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PH356.S44 U8513 2020 (print) | LCC PH356.S44 (ebook) | DDC 894/.54134--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020009346

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020009347

First U.S. Edition: October 2020

Cover image © Alexandre Cappellari / Arcangel Images

Cover design by Adam Auerbach and Anthony Ramondo

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, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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