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.

A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.

An imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group.

HONESTLY DEAREST, YOU’RE DEAD. Copyright © 2008 by Jack Fredrickson. 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.

www.thomasdunnebooks.com
www.minotaurbooks.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Fredrickson, Jack.
    Honestly dearest, you’re dead/Jack Fredrickson.—1st ed.
        p. cm.
    ISBN-13: 978-0-312-38092-2
    ISBN-10: 0-312-38092-2
    1. Private investigators—Illinois—Chicago—Fiction. 2. Chicago (Ill.)—Fiction. 3. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3606.R437H66 2009
813’.6—dc22                                                                                                    2008030429

First Edition: January 2009

10    9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1