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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
Also by Blaize and John Clement
About the Authors
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.
THE CAT SITTER AND THE CANARY. Copyright 2016 by Blaize and John Clement. 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 Rotstein
Cover illustration by Adrian Chesterman
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Clement, Blaize, author.|Clement, John, 1962– author.
Title: The cat sitter and the canary: a Dixie Hemingway mystery / Blaize and John Clement.
Description: First Edition.|New York: Minotaur Books, 2016.|“A Thomas Dune Book.”
Identifiers: LCCN 2016030748|ISBN 978-1-250-05117-2 (hardcover)|ISBN 978-1-4668-5203-7 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Hemingway, Dixie (Fictitious character)—Fiction.|Women detectives—Florida—Fiction.|Pet sitting—Fiction.|BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.|GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PS3603.L463 C378 2016|DDC 813/.6—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016030748
e-ISBN 9781466852037
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First Edition: December 2016