Out Of Hounds

Out of Hounds is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2021 by American Artists, Inc.

Illustrations © 2021 by Lee Gildea, Jr.

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

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library of congress cataloging-in-publication data

Names: Brown, Rita Mae, author. | Gildea, Lee, Jr., illustrator.

Title: Out of hounds: a novel / Rita Mae Brown; illustrated by Lee Gildea.

Description: First edition. | New York: Ballantine Books, [2021] | Series: Sister Jane; 13 |

Identifiers: LCCN 2020027150 (print) | LCCN 2020027151 (ebook) | ISBN 9780593130063 (hardcover; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9780593130070 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Arnold, Jane (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | Fox hunting—Fiction. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3552.R698 O96 2020 (print) | LCC PS3552.R698 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2020027150

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/​2020027151

Ebook ISBN 9780593130070

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Cover design: Victoria Allen

Cover illustration: © 2021 by Peter Malone

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