THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF

Copyright © 2019 by Lara Prescott

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Prescott, Lara, author.

Title: The secrets we kept / Lara Prescott.

Description: First edition. | New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2019.

Identifiers: LCCN 2018052229 (print) | LCCN 2018053630 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525656166 (ebook) | ISBN 9780525656159 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781524711658 (open market)

Subjects: | GSAFD: Spy stories.

Classification: LCC PS3616.R463 (ebook) | LCC PS3616.R463 S43 2019 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2018052229

Ebook ISBN 9780525656166

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

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Cover design by Kelly Blair

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