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

  Published in 2019 by Penzler Publishers

  58 Warren Street, New York, NY 10007

  penzlerpublishers.com

  Distributed by W. W. Norton.

  Copyright © 1938 by The Estate of Clarice M Carr.

  Introduction copyright © 2019 by Charles Todd.

  All rights reserved.

  Cover image: Andy Ross

  Cover design: Mauricio Diaz

  Paperback ISBN 9781613161302

  Hardcover ISBN 9781613161296

  eBook ISBN 9781613161319

  Library of Congress Control Number: 2019942854