Mourn not your Dead

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If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”
     
    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
     
    MOURN NOT YOUR DEAD
     
    A Berkley Prime Crime Book / published by arrangement with
    Charles Scribner’s Sons, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
     
    PRINTING HISTORY
    Charles Scribner’s Sons hardcover edition / 1996
    Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition / June 1997
     
    All rights reserved.
    Copyright © 1996 by Deborah Crombie.
    Book design by Casey Hampton.
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    PRINTED IN THE LOTTED STATES OF AMERICA
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    For Diane, Dale, Jim, Viqui, John, and Rickey,
    who have once again read the book in progress
    with much patience and insight.
    Thanks, you guys.
     

Acknowledgments
     
    Special thanks are due to my friend Paul Styles (former chief inspector, Cambridgeshire Constabulary), who tried to keep me on the straight and narrow, and is not responsible for any deviations I may have made from proper police procedure for the sake of story. Diane Sullivan, RN, BSN, certified flight registered nurse, provided details on injuries and related first aid; Carol Chase vetted the manuscript; and David and