Claws For Concern

BERKLEY PRIME CRIME

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Copyright © 2018 by Dean James

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: James, Miranda, author.

Title: Claws for concern / Miranda James.

Description: First edition. | New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2018. | Series: Cat in the stacks mystery ; 9

Identifiers: LCCN 2017042198 | ISBN 9780425277782 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780698182004 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Cold cases (Criminal investigation)—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | Librarians—Fiction. | Cats—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3610.A43 C58 2018 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017042198

First Edition: February 2018

Cover art by Dan Craig, Inc./Bernstein & Andriulli

Cover design by Katie Anderson

This 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.

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