Also by Kristen Lepionka
The Last Place You Look
What You Want to See
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
KRISTEN LEPIONKA grew up mostly in her local public library, where she could be found with a big stack of adult mysteries before she was out of middle school. Her writing has been selected for Shotgun Honey, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Grift Magazine, and Black Elephant. She is also the editor of Betty Fedora, a journal that publishes feminist crime fiction. Kristen lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her partner and two cats. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four
Twenty-Five
Twenty-Six
Twenty-Seven
Twenty-Eight
Twenty-Nine
Thirty
Thirty-One
Thirty-Two
Thirty-Three
Thirty-Four
Thirty-Five
Thirty-Six
Thirty-Seven
Thirty-Eight
Thirty-Nine
Forty
Forty-One
Forty-Two
Acknowledgments
Also by Kristen Lepionka
About the Author
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.
THE STORIES YOU TELL. Copyright © 2019 by Kristen Lepionka. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Publishing Group, 120 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10270.
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Lepionka, Kristen, author.
Title: The stories you tell / Kristen Lepionka.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2019.
Identifiers: LCCN 2019005588 | ISBN 9781250309358 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781250309365 (ebook)
Subjects: | GSAFD: Suspense fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3612.E62 S76 2019 | DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019005588
eISBN 9781250309365
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First Edition: July 2019
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