MatchUp

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Child, Lee, editor.

Title: MatchUp / edited by Lee Child.

Description: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016046513| ISBN 9781501141591 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501141607 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501141614 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Suspense fiction, American. | BISAC: FICTION / Thrillers.|FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Anthologies (multiple authors). |GSAFD: Suspense fiction.

Classification: LCC PS648.S88 M38 2017 | DDC 813/.087208—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016046513

ISBN 978-1-5011-4159-1

ISBN 978-1-5011-4161-4 (ebook)