ALSO BY KARIN SALVALAGGIO
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About the Author
KARIN SALVALAGGIO received a master’s in creative writing from Birkbeck at the University of London. Born in West Virginia and raised in an Air Force family, she grew up on a number of military bases around the United States. She now lives in London with her two children. Visit Karin at www.karinsalvalaggio.com, or sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraph
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Also by Karin Salvalaggio
About the Author
Copyright
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.
SILENT RAIN. Copyright © 2017 by Karin Salvalaggio Ltd. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
Cover photographs: woman and house © Svetoslava Madarova / Arcangel Images; burnt wood © Olivier Vancayzeele / Shutterstock.com and © Dietrich Leppert / Shutterstock.com
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Names: Salvalaggio, Karin, author.
Title: Silent rain / Karin Salvalaggio.
Description: First Edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2017.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017002710 | ISBN 9781250078933 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781466891487 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Women detectives—Montana—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. | FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.
Classification: LCC PR6119.A436 S55 2017 | DDC 823/.92—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017002710
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First Edition: May 2017