A Hiss Before Dying

A Hiss Before Dying is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2017 by American Artists, Inc.

Illustrations copyright © 2017 by Michael Gellatly

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Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Brown, Rita Mae, author. | Brown, Sneaky Pie, author.

Title: A hiss before dying : a Mrs. Murphy mystery / Rita Mae Brown.

Description: New York : Bantam Books, 2017. | Series: Mrs. Murphy ; 26

Identifiers: LCCN 2017002158| ISBN 9780553392494 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780553392500 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Women detectives—Virginia—Fiction. | Women cat owners—Fiction. | Cats—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. | FICTION / Humorous. | FICTION / Suspense. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3552.R698 H57 2017 | DDC 813/.54—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2017002158

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