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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A TOWN CALLED MALICE. Copyright © 2019 by Adam Abramowitz. 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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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Abramowitz, Adam, author.
Title: A town called Malice: a novel / Adam Abramowitz.
Description: First Edition.|New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2019.|“Thomas Dunne Books.”
Identifiers: LCCN 2018037705|ISBN 9781250076304 (hardcover)|ISBN 9781466887701 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Gangsters—Massachusetts—Boston—Fiction.|Bicycle messengers—Fiction.|GSAFD: Mystery fiction.|Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3601.B7312 T69 2019|DDC 813’.6—dc23
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First Edition: March 2019