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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

THE BEAST
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FIRST EDITION

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kellerman, Faye.

    The Beast : a Decker/Lazarus novel / Faye Kellerman.—First Edition.

      pages    cm.—(A Decker/Lazarius Novel)

    ISBN 978-0-06-212175-2 (hardback)

    1. Decker, Peter (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Lazarus, Rina (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Police—California—Los Angeles— Fiction. 4. Detective and mystery stories. I. Title.

PS3561.E3864B43 2013

813’.54—dc23

2013018556

    EPub Edition AUGUST 2013 ISBN 9780062121776

    Version 06182014

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