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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McMahon, John, 1970– author.
Title: The good detective / John McMahon.
Description: New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018015104| ISBN 9780525535539 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780525535553 (ebook)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3613.C5843 G66 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018015104
p. cm.
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.