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- Publisher: Little Brown and Company
- Number of Pages: 352
- ISBN: 0316036285
- WAPI (Tower ID): 113151284
- Release Date: July 1, 2009
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #108789 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #13056 in Fiction & Literature (See Top 100 Fiction & Literature Bestsellers)
- #227 in Mystery & Detective - Cat Sleuths (See Top 100 Mystery & Detective - Cat Sleuths Bestsellers)
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