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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HID FROM OUR EYES. Copyright © 2020 by Julia Spencer-Fleming. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.

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

Names: Spencer-Fleming, Julia, author.

Title: Hid from our eyes / Julia Spencer-Fleming.

Description: First edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2020. | Series: A Fergusson/Van Alstyne mystery; 9

Identifiers: LCCN 2019049217 | ISBN 9780312606855 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250022660 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Fergusson, Clare (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Van Alstyne, Russ (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3619.P467 H53 2020 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019049217

ISBN 978-0-312-60688-6 (trade paperback)

Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
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First Minotaur Books Trade Paperback Edition: 2021

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