Рита Мэй Браун (Rita Mae Brown)Nine Lives to Die is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Michael Gellatly
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brown, Rita Mae.
Nine lives to die : a Mrs. Murphy mystery / Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown; illustrated by Michael Gellatly. pages cm
ISBN 978-0-345-53050-9
eBook ISBN 978-0-345-53974-8
1. Murphy, Mrs. (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Haristeen, Harry (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 3. Women detectives—Virginia—Fiction. 4. Women cat owners—Fiction. I. Gellatly, Michael, illustrator. II. Title.
PS3552.R698N57 2014
813’.54—dc23 2014000989
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Jacket design: Beverly Leung
Jacket illustrations: © Shutterstock/Nebojsa S (cat), © Shutterstock/Alhovik (claws marks)
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