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About the Author
DONNA ANDREWS has won the Agatha, Anthony, and Barry Awards, an RT Book Reviews Award for best first novel, and four Lefty and two Toby Bromberg Awards for funniest mystery. She is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Private Investigators and Security Association. Andrews lives in Reston, Virginia. You can sign up for email updates here.
Lark! The Herald Angels Sing is Andrew’s twenty-fourth book and fifth Christmas mystery in the Meg Langslow series.
Author photograph by Joe Henson, NYC
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
LARK! THE HERALD ANGELS SING. Copyright © 2018 by Donna Andrews. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover illustration by Maggie Parr
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Andrews, Donna, author.
Title: Lark! the herald angels sing: a Meg Langslow mystery / Donna Andrews.
Description: First edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2018.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018025710 | ISBN 9781250192943 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250192967 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Langslow, Meg (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Women detectives—Fiction. | Christmas stories. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction. | Humorous fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3551.N4165 L37 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018025710
eISBN 9781250192967
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First Edition: October 2018
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