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LAURA LIPPMAN
Life Sentences
This novel is entirely a work of fiction.
The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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First published in the USA by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 2009
Copyright © Laura Lippman 2009
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Source ISBN: 9781847560933
Ebook Edition © 2009 ISBN: 9780007328970 Version: 2018-06-13
In loving memory of James Crumley, 1939–2008.
Take my word. It was fun.
I detest the man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another.
—THE ILIAD
Table of Contents
Part 1-Bridgeville: February 20–23
Part 2-Banrock Station: February 25–28
Part 3-Glass Houses: March 1–2
Part 4-The Brier Patch: March 3–5
Part 5-Collectors: March 11–12
Part 6-Low Countries: March 14–21
Part 7-How To Cook Everything: March 24–27
