Copyright, The Earthquake Bird

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First published in Great Britain by Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers International Limited, 2001

First published in the United States of America by Mysterious Press, an imprint of Warner Books, Inc., 2001

Published in Penguin Books 2019

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Jones, Susanna, 1967– author.

Title: The earthquake bird / Susanna Jones.

Description: [New York] : Penguin Books, 2019. | First published in 2001.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019037453 (print) | LCCN 2019037454 (ebook) | ISBN 9780143135081 (paperback) | ISBN 9780525506751 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Psychological fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6110.O64 E37 2019 (print) | LCC PR6110.O64 (ebook) | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037453

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019037454

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, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover design: Elizabeth Yaffe

Cover image: Sandra Bisaro / Getty Images