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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dove, Laurie L., author.

Title: Mask of the Deer Woman / Laurie L. Dove.

Description: New York : Berkley, 2025.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024016556 (print) | LCCN 2024016557 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593816103 (hardcover) | ebook ISBN 9780593816127

Subjects: LCGFT: Thrillers (Fiction) | Detective and mystery fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3604.O93646 M37 2025 (print) | LCC PS3604.O93646 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6--dc23/eng/20240415

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2024016556

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2024016557

Ebook ISBN 9780593816127

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