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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Hamilton, Steve, author.

Title: Dead man running / Steve Hamilton.

Description: New York : G. P. Putnam’s Sons, [2018] | Series: An Alex McKnight novel ; 11

Identifiers: LCCN 2018012928| ISBN 9780399574443 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780399574450 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: McKnight, Alex (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Private investigators—Michigan—Upper Peninsula—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Suspense. | FICTION / Thrillers. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PS3558.A44363 D43 2018 | DDC 813/.54—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018012928

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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