No Escape Claws

BERKLEY PRIME CRIME

Published by Berkley

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Copyright © 2019 by Darlene Ryan

Excerpt from Curiosity Thrilled the Cat by Sofie Kelly copyright © 2011 by Penguin Random House LLC

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Ebook ISBN: 9781101991251

First Edition: January 2019

Cover art by Mary Ann Lasher / 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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