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.

First published in the United States by Minotaur Books, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group

THE KILLING TIDE. Copyright © 2016 by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. Translation copyright © 2020 by Peter Millar. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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Cover design: David Baldeosingh Rotstein and Rowen Davis

Cover photographs: France © Don White / Alamy Stock Photo

The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Names: Bannalec, Jean-Luc, 1966–author. | Millar, Peter, translator.

Title: The killing tide / Jean-Luc Bannalec; translated by Peter Millar.

Other titles: Bretonische Flut. English

Description: First U.S. edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2020. | Series: A Brittany mystery; 5 | First published as Bretonische Flut in Germany by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019036389 | ISBN 9781250173386 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250173393 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PT2662.A565 B73413 2020 | DDC 833/.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019036389

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Originally published as Bretonische Flut in Germany by Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch

First U.S. Edition: February 2020