by Charles Todd
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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 © 2005 by Charles Todd
Map illustrated by Laura Hartman Maestro
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Todd, Charles.
A cold treachery / Charles Todd.
p. cm.
I. Rutledge, Ian (Fictitious character)—Fiction. II. Mass murder investigation—Fiction. III. Police—England—Fiction. IV. Missing children—Fiction. V. Child witnesses—Fiction. VI. England, Northern—Fiction. VII. Genre/Form: Historical fiction. VIII. Mystery fiction.
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