Before She Disappeared

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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data

Names: Gardner, Lisa, author.

Title: Before she disappeared : a novel / Lisa Gardner.

Description: [New York] : Dutton [2021] | Series: Before she disappeared 3

Identifiers: LCCN 2020042627 (print) | LCCN 2020042628 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524745042 (hc) | ISBN 9781524745059 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3557.A7132 B44 2021 (print) | LCC PS3557.A7132 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020042627

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020042628

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover image by Magdalena Zyzniewska / Trevillion Images

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