Copyright © 2019 by Douglas Skelton

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First North American Edition 2020

First published in Great Britain in 2019 by Polygon, an imprint of Birlinn Ltd.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Skelton, Douglas, author.

Title: Thunder Bay : a thriller / Douglas Skelton.

Description: First North American edition. | New York : Arcade CrimeWise, 2020.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019043279 | ISBN 9781950691340 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781950691357 (ebook)

Subjects: GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6119.K45 T48 2020 | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019043279

Cover design by Chris Hannah, www.chrishannah.co.uk, courtesy of Polygon/Birlinn Ltd.

Printed in the United States of America