Nocturnal

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are 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.

Copyright © 2012 by Scott Sigler

All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sigler, Scott.

Nocturnal / Scott Sigler. — 1st ed.

1. Detectives — California — San Francisco — Fiction. 2. Homicide

investigation — Fiction. I. Title.

PS3619.I4725N63 2012

813’.6 — dc23 2011040389

eISBN: 978-0-307-95276-9

Jacket design by Jarrod Taylor

Jacket photograph: © Andres Rodriguez/Alamy

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