Dolled Up for Murder (34 page)

Thanks also to the Jane Austen Society of North America, Linda Landigran of
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine
, Barbara Floyd of
The Country Register
, and Wilda W. Williams of
Library Journal
. Special thanks also to Molly Weston and Jen Forbus. Thank you as well to The Samaritans of New York, a wonderful organization dedicated to suicide prevention with whom I've been affliated for more than fifteen years.

Special thanks to my librarian friends David S. Ferriero, Doris Ann Norris, Sally Fellows, Mary Russell, Denise Van Zanten, Mary Callahan Boone, with whom I share a love of theater, Cynde Bloom Lahey, Cyndi Rademacher, Eleanor Ratterman, Jane Murphy, Eileen Sheridan, Jennifer Vido, Judith Abner, Karen Kiley, Lesa Holstine, Monique Flasch, Susie Schachte, Virginia Sanchez, Maxine Bleiweis, Cindy Clark, Linda Avellar, Heidi Fowler, Georgia Owens, Eva Perry, Mary J. Etter, Paul Schroeder, Tracy J. Wright, Kristi Calhoun Belesca, Paulette Sullivan, Frances Mendelsohn, Deborah Hirsch, Sharon Redfern, and Heather Caines.

Thank you to my literary agent emerita, Denise Marcil. I remain grateful for her support and encouragement. Special thanks go to my fabulous literary agent, Cristina Concepcion of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. Thank you to Michael Congdon, Katie Kotchman, and Katie Grimm as well.

My editor, Minotaur Books' executive editor, Hope Dellon, continues to provide insightful feedback about the manuscript. Special thanks also go to Silissa Kenney, editorial assistant, for her thoughtful comments. I'm indebted to them, and to the entire Minotaur Books' team. Thank you also to those I work with most often, Andy Martin, Hector DeJean, Sarah Melnyk, and Talia Ross, as well as those behind the scene, including my copy editor, India Cooper, and my cover designer, David Baldeosingh Rotstein.

 

O
THER
J
OSIE
P
RESCOTT
A
NTIQUES
M
YSTERIES BY
J
ANE
K. C
LELAND

 

Deadly Threads

Silent Auction

Killer Keepsakes

Antiques to Die For

Deadly Appraisal

Consigned to Death

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.

DOLLED UP FOR MURDER.
Copyright © 2012 by Jane K. Cleland. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Cleland, Jane K.

Dolled up for murder / Jane K. Cleland.—1st ed.

    p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-250-00184-9 (hardcover)

ISBN 978-1-4299-4250-8 (e-book)

1.  Prescott Josie (Fictitious Character)—Fiction.   2.  Kidnapping—Fiction.   3.  Appraisers—Fiction.   4.  Murder—Investigation—Fiction.   5.  New Hampshire—Fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3603.L4555D65 2012

    813'.6—dc23

2011045374

e-ISBN 9781429942508

First Edition: April 2012