This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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RAVEN BLACK. Copyright © 2006 by Ann Cleeves. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cleeves, Ann.

Raven black / Ann Cleeves.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-0-312-35967-6

1. Shetland (Scotland)—Fiction. I. Title.

PR6053.L45 R38 2007

823'.914—dc22

2007011055

First published in Great Britain by Macmillan, an imprint of Pan Macmillan Ltd.