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“About Edgar Allan Poe,” copyright © 2009 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc.

“About the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award,” copyright © 2009 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc.

“About the Illustrator,” copyright © 2009 by Mystery Writers of America, Inc.

“What Poe Hath Wrought,” copyright © 2009 by Michael Connelly.

“On Edgar Allan Poe,” copyright © 2009 by T. Jefferson Parker.

“Under the Covers with Fortunato and Montresor,” copyright © 2009 by Jan Burke.

“The Curse of Amontillado,” copyright © 2009 by Lawrence Block.

“Pluto’s Heritage,” copyright © 2009 by P. J. Parrish.

“Identity Crisis,” copyright © 2009 by Lisa Scottoline.

“In a Strange City: Baltimore and the Poe Toaster,” copyright © 2009 by Laura Lippman.

“Once Upon a Midnight Dreary,” copyright © 2009 by Michael Connelly.

“The Thief,” copyright © 2009 by Laurie R. King.

“Poe and Me at the Movies,” copyright © 2009 by Tess Gerritsen, Inc.

“The Genius of ‘The Tell-Tale Heart,’” copyright © 2009 by Stephen King.

“The First Time,” copyright © 2009 by Steve Hamilton.

“The Pit, the Pendulum, and Perfection,” copyright © 2009 by Patricia M. Hoch.

“The Pit and the Pendulum at the Palace,” copyright © 2009 by Peter Robinson.

“Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and Me,” copyright © 2009 by S. J. Rozan.

“The Quick and the Undead,” copyright © 2009 by Nelson DeMille.

“Imagining Edgar Allan Poe,” copyright © 2009 by Sara Paretsky.

“Rantin’ and Ravin’,” copyright © 2009 by Joseph Wambaugh.

“A Little Thought on Poe,” copyright © 2009 by Thomas H. Cook.

“Poe in G Minor,” copyright © 2009 by Jeffery W. Deaver.

“How I Became an Edgar Allan Poe Convert,” copyright © 2009 by Sue Grafton.

This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE MASTER. Copyright © 2009 Michael Connelly. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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