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DEADLY APPRAISAL ALSO BY JANE K. CLELAND Consigned to Death Business Writing for Results DEADLY APPRAISAL JANE K. CLELAND ST. MARTIN’S MINOTAUR NEW YORK DEADLY APPRAISAL. Copyright © 2007 by Jane K. Cleland. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010. www.minotaurbooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cleland, Jane K. Deadly appraisal / Jane K. Cleland.—1st ed. p. cm. ISBN-13: 978-0-312-34366-8 ISBN-10: 0-312-34366-3 1. Auctioneers—Fiction. 2. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. 3. New Hampshire—Fiction. I. Title. PS3603.L4555 D43 2007 813'6—dc22 2006051252 First Edition: April 2007 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 THIS IS FOR JO-ANN AND, OF COURSE, FOR JOE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I ’m grateful to Amy L., a forensic scientist, who wishes to remain anonymous. Amy, along with an associate, provided detailed explanations about poisons and trace evidence. Thanks also to Kevin Berean for answers to my legal questions, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Mary Ann Eckels, Susan A. Schwartz, Katie Scheding, Jo-Ann Maude, Linda Plastina, and Carol Novak. It’s a great pleasure to work with the entire St. Martin’s Minotaur team of professionals, including David Rotstein, Jenness Crawford, and Julie Gutin, among many others. Special thanks to my editor, Ben Sevier, for his insight and care, and to my agent, Denise Marcil, for her wise guidance. AUTHOR’S NOTE This is a work of fiction. All of the characters and events are imaginary. While there is a Seacoast Region in New Hampshire, there is no town called Rocky Point, and many other geographic liberties have been taken.
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