A Study in Sherlock

The stories in A Study in Sherlock are works of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

A Bantam Books Trade Paperback Original

Copyright © 2011 by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger

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Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A study in Sherlock / edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.

eISBN: 978-0-8129-8247-3

1. Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Detective and mystery stories, American. 3. Detective and mystery stories, English. I. King, Laurie R. II. Klinger, Leslie S.

PS648.D4S78 2011

823′.0108351—dc22

2011015510

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