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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Connolly, John, 1968– author.
Title: The woman in the woods / by John Connolly.
Description: First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Emily Bestler Books, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017058422 (print) | LCCN 2018001546 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501171949 (eBook) | ISBN 9781501171925 (hardback) | ISBN 9781501171932 (trade paperback)
Subjects: LCSH: Parker, Charlie “Bird” (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Private investigators—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Thrillers. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General. | FICTION / Literary. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction. | Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6053.O48645 (ebook) | LCC PR6053.O48645 W66 2018 (print) | DDC 823/.914—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017058422
ISBN 978-1-5011-7192-5
ISBN 978-1-5011-7194-9 (ebook)