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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons; living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Copyright © 1998 by Linda Howington
ISBN: 0-671-56883-3
First Pocket Books printing January 1998
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Cover art by Brian Bailey
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This book is dedicated to John Kramer, and to cops everywhere. Thanks, John, for taking me around New Orleans, telling me the interesting stuff and showing me the interesting sights.