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Now best known for her New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, Charlaine Harris hit "a home run the first time out" (Birmingham News) with the story of a murder that embroils a small-town reporter in mystery that hits close to home... Catherine Linton has returned to her... read more

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She passed a dead dog on her way to the tenant shack.

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Chapters 1 - 13

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This is book 1 of 2 in Prime Crime Mysteries. (standard series)

Followed by A Secret Rage.

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  1. Charlaine Harris (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: June 30, 1981
ISBN: 978-0395305324
Page Count: 179

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  • Library of Congress: PS3558.A6427 S9
  • Dewey: 813.54

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