BERKLEY PRIME CRIME

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Barrett, Lorna, author.

Title: A controversial cover / Lorna Barrett.

Description: New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2024. | Series: Booktown series

Identifiers: LCCN 2023058303 (print) | LCCN 2023058304 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593549445 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593549469 (ebook)

Subjects: LCGFT: Cozy mysteries. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3602.A83955 C66 2024 (print) | LCC PS3602.A83955 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20240105

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2023058303

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2023058304

Ebook ISBN 9780593549469

Cover art by Teresa Fasolino

Book design by Laura K. Corless, adapted for ebook

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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