A Spring Betrayal

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© 2016 by Tom Callaghan

Cover photographs © Marcus Wilson-Smith; Jacket design © www.blacksheep-uk.com

First published in the United States by Quercus in 2016

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e-ISBN 978-1-68144-376-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Callaghan, Tom, author.

Title: A spring betrayal / Tom Callaghan.

Description: New York : Quercus, 2016. | Series: Akyl Borubaev ; 2

Identifiers: LCCN 2016030130 (print) | LCCN 2016032092 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681443782 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781681443775 (softcover) | ISBN 9781681443768 (ebook) | ISBN 9781681443751 (library ebook)

ISBN 9781681443768 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Police—Kyrgyzstan—Fiction. | Children—Crimes against—Fiction. | Serial murder investigation—Fiction. | Kyrgyzstan—Fiction. | GSAFD: Suspense fiction. | Mystery fiction. | Noir fiction.

Classification: LCC PR6103.A447 S68 2016 (print) | LCC PR6103.A447 (ebook) | DDC 823/.92—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030130

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, institutions, places, and events are either 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.