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PLAY DEAD RichardMontanariistheTopTenSundayTimesbestsellingauthor ofTheRosaryGirls,TheSkinGodsandBrokenAngels,aswellasthe internationally acclaimed thrillers Kiss of Evil, Deviant Way and TheVioletHour.HelivesinCleveland,Ohio. Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page i PLAY DEAD Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page ii ALSO BY RICHARD MONTANARI BrokenAngels TheSkinGods TheRosaryGirls KissofEvil TheVioletHour DeviantWay Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page iii PLAY DEAD WILLIAMHEINEMANN:LONDON This eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorised distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly. Adobe ISBN: 9781407008844(cid:13)(cid:10) Version 1.0 www.randomhouse.co.uk Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page iv PublishedbyWilliamHeinemann2008 24681097531 Copyright©RichardMontanari2008 RichardMontanarihasassertedhisrightundertheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct 1988tobeidentifiedastheauthorofthiswork Thisnovelisaworkoffiction.Namesandcharactersaretheproductoftheauthor’s imaginationandanyresemblancetoactualpersons,livingordead,isentirelycoincidental Thisbookissoldsubjecttotheconditionthatitshallnot,bywayoftradeorotherwise,be lent,resold,hiredout,orotherwisecirculatedwithoutthepublisher’spriorconsentinany formofbindingorcoverotherthanthatinwhichitispublishedandwithoutasimilar conditionincludingthisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser FirstpublishedinGreatBritainin2008by WilliamHeinemann RandomHouse,20VauxhallBridgeRoad, LondonSW1V2SA www.rbooks.co.uk AddressesforcompanieswithinTheRandomHouseGroupLimitedcanbefoundat: www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices.htm TheRandomHouseGroupLimitedReg.No.954009 ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbook isavailablefromtheBritishLibrary HardbackISBN9780434016020 TradePaperbackISBN9780434016013 TheRandomHouseGroupLimitedsupportsTheForestStewardship Council(FSC),theleadinginternationalforestcertificationorganisation.Allourtitlesthat areprintedonGreenpeaceapprovedFSCcertifiedpapercarrytheFSClogo.Ourpaper procurementpolicycanbefoundatwww.rbooks.co.uk/environment PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby ClaysLtd,StIvesPlc Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page v ForDarlaJean Sorellamia,cuoremio Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page vii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS With deepest gratitude to Meg Ruley, Jane Berkey, Peggy Gordijn, Don Cleary, Mike McCormack, Christina Hogrebe, and everyone at the Jane Rotrosen Agency—magicians all; to Linda Marrow, Dana Isaacson,RachelKind,JunessaViloria,andthebrilliantteamatBallan- tine Books; to Kate Elton, Nikola Scott, Chrissy Schwartz, and all my mates at Random House UK; to Detective Michele Kelly, Marco Marangon, and Tom Ewing; to George Snyder of Snyder’s Magic Shop, for never showing me how it was done; to my father, Dominic Montanari,forbeingtherewhenthewordswerenot;andtothecityof Philadelphia,forlettingmewriteaboutitsneighborhoods,streets,he- roes,andmonsters,bothrealandimagined. Mont_9780345492425_4p_fm_r1.qxp 14/7/08 16:55 Page ix PLAY DEAD

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