A Killing at the Creek

by Nancy Allen

  Showers of thanks go to old friends and new who have supported the launch of Elsie and the Ozarks mystery series. At Missouri State University, special thanks go to Dr. Patti Salinas, Kim Callahan, President Clif Smart, Dean Stephanie Bryant, Dr. Kent Ragan, and the wonderful students at Missouri State, especially my advisees in AKPsi (thank you Sarah D!).

  My family has provided support in countless ways, from the legal expertise given by my brother John and sister Susie, to the editorial suggestions and encouragement from sisters Carol and Janice.

  But above all, I must thank the three ­people who mean more to me than words can express: my beloved husband Randy, my precious Ben, my darling Martha. You are my rock and my salvation.

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  About the Author

  NANCY ALLEN practiced law for fifteen years, serving as Assistant Missouri Attorney General and as Assistant Prosecutor in her native Ozarks (the second woman in southwest Missouri to serve in that capacity). During her years in prosecution, she tried over thirty jury trials, including murder and sexual offenses, and is now a law professor at Missouri State University. A Killing at the Creek is her second novel.

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  Copyright

  This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  A KILLING AT THE CREEK. Copyright © 2015 by Nancy Allen. All rights reserved under International and Pan-­American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-­book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-­engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of Harper­Collins e-­books.

  EPub Edition FEBRUARY 2015 ISBN: 9780062325969

  Print Edition ISBN: 9780062325976

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