by Parnell Hall
Published by Bantam Dell
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New York, New York
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
coincidental.
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Copyright © 2006 by Parnell Hall
Puzzles edited by Ellen Ripstein
Cover illustration © Joyce Patti
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006045755
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to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received
any payment for this “stripped book.”
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