Copyright © 2019 by Peter Plate

a seven stories press first edition

All events, characters, and places in this novel are fictitious, and any resemblance to real events and persons, alive or dead, is purely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Plate, Peter, author.
Title: With death laughing : a novel / Peter Plate.
Description: First edition. | New York : Seven Stories Press, [2019]
Identifiers: LCCN 2018044587| ISBN 9781609809256 (paperback) |
  ISBN 9781609809263 (ebook)
Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Crime. | GSAFD: Noir fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3566.L267 W58 2019 | DDC 813/.54--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018044587

Printed in the United States of America

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