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Every Moment Since

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Whalen, Marybeth, author.

Title: Every moment since / Marybeth Mayhew Whalen.

Description: [Nashville]: Harper Muse, 2024. | Summary: “A small Southern town. An ordinary Saturday night. A little boy disappears without a trace”— Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2024013632 (print) | LCCN 2024013633 (ebook) | ISBN 9781400345021 (paperback) | ISBN 9781400345038 (epub) | ISBN 9781400345045

Subjects: LCSH: Missing children—Fiction. | LCGFT: Thrillers (Fiction) | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3623.H355 E94 2024 (print) | LCC PS3623.H355 (ebook) | DDC 813/.6—dc23/eng/20240329

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024013632

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2024013633

Digital Edition OCTOBER 2024 ISBN: 978-1-40-034503-8
Print Edition ISBN: 978-1-40-034502-1