The Masterpiece

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Copyright © 2018 by Fiona Davis

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Names: Davis, Fiona, 1966– author.

Title: The masterpiece : a novel / Fiona Davis.

Description: First edition. | New York, New York : Dutton, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017060556 (print) | LCCN 2018000513 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524742966 (ebook) | ISBN 9781524742959 (hc)

Subjects: | BISAC: FICTION / Historical. | FICTION Mystery & Detective General. | FICTION / Literary.

Classification: LCC PS3604.A95695 (ebook) | LCC PS3604.A95695 M38 2018 (print) | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017060556

This book 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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