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Text copyright © 2019 by Theodora Goss

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Jacket illustration © Lisa Perrin

Author photograph © Matthew Stein Photography

First Saga Press trade paperback edition October 2019

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Goss, Theodora, author.

Title: The sinister mystery of the mesmerizing girl / Theodora Goss.|

Description: First Edition. | New York : Saga Press, [2019] |

Series: The Extraordinary adventures of the Athena Club ; book 3

Identifiers: LCCN 2018047694 | ISBN 9781534427877 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781534427891 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Holmes, Sherlock—Fiction. | Missing persons—Investigation—Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3607.O8544 S56 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018047694

ISBN 978-1-5344-2787-7

ISBN 978-1-5344-2789-1 (ebook)