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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Johnson, Sara E., author.

Title: The bone riddle : an Alexa Glock forensics mystery / Sara E.

Johnson.

Description: Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, [2023] | Series:

Alexa Glock Forensics Mysteries ; book 4

Identifiers: LCCN 2022061934 (print) | LCCN 2022061935 (ebook) | (trade paperback) | (epub)

Subjects: LCGFT: Detective and mystery fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3610.O37637 B664 2020 (print) | LCC PS3610.O37637

(ebook) | DDC 813/.6--dc23/eng/20230106

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022061934

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022061935