Practice to Deceive

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    Copyright © 2013 by Ann Rule
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    First Gallery Books hardcover edition October 2013
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    Jacket design by John Vairo Jr.
    Jacket photograph of bridge at Whidbey Island © Dennis Walton/Lonely Planet/Getty
    Snow falling in forest © Polotan/Flickr/Getty
    Author photograph by Leslie Rule
    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Rule, Ann.
    Practice to deceive / Ann Rule.
    pages cm
    Summary: “A man is murdered on a sleepy island, and three people are accused of murdering him: an aging beauty queen, her guitar-teacher lover, and the widow”— Provided by publisher.
    1. Murder—Washington (State) 2. Murder—Investigation—Washington (State) 3. Trials (Murder)—Washington (State) I. Title.
    HV6533.W2R85 2013
    364.152’30979775—dc23
    2013021350
    ISBN 978-1-4165-4462-3
    ISBN 978-1-4516-8737-8 ( ebook)