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FIRST EDITION: October 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Childs, Laura.
Postcards from the dead / Laura Childs.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-425-25275-8 (hardcover)
eBook ISBN 978-1-101-61160-9
1. Bertrand, Carmela (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women detectives—Fiction. 3. Scrapbooking—Fiction. 4. New Orleans (La.)—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3603.H56P67 2012
813’.6—dc23
2012004139