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Penny thought for a moment.

“Why not, eh? What could possibly go wrong?” She laughed. “And at least I'll be able to start this project with a clean slate.”

 

About the Author

ELIZABETH J. DUNCAN
is a winner of the Bloody Words Best Light Mystery Award and has been a finalist for the Agatha and Arthur Ellis Awards. She has worked as a writer and editor for some of Canada's largest newspapers, including the
Ottawa Citizen
and
Hamilton Spectator
. Duncan is a faculty member of the Humber School for Writers. She lives in Toronto. Canada, and enjoys spending time each year in North Wales.

Please visit her Web site at
www.elizabethjduncan.com
and follow her on twitter
@elizabethduncan
. Sign up for email updates
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ALSO BY
ELIZABETH J. DUNCAN

Never Laugh as a Hearse Goes By

A Small Hill to Die On

A Killer's Christmas in Wales

A Brush with Death

The Cold Light of Mourning

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Epigraph

 

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Chapter 43

Chapter 44

Chapter 45

Chapter 46

Chapter 47

 

About the Author

Also by Elizabeth J. Duncan

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.

An imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group.

SLATED FOR DEATH.
Copyright © 2015 by Elizabeth J. Duncan. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rostein

Cover illustration by Doug Martin

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Duncan, Elizabeth J.

    Slated for death: a Penny Brannigan mystery / Elizabeth J. Duncan.—First edition.

              p. cm.

    “A Thomas Dunne Book.”

    ISBN 978-1-250-05521-7 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4668-5838-1 (e-book)

  1.   Brannigan, Penny (Fictitious character)—Fiction.  2.   Murder—Investigation—Fiction.  3.   City and town life—Wales—Fiction.  4.   Wales—Fiction.  I.   Title.

    PR9199.4.D863S58 2015

    813'.6—dc23

    2014042141

e-ISBN 9781466858381

First Edition: April 2015

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