City of Lies
Alafair Burke
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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First published in the U.S.A as 212 by HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY, 2010
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Table of Contents
Part I You Can’t Let This Get to You.
Part II ‘Go Ahead. Lie to Me.’