The Girls in the Garden

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  ALSO BY LISA JEWELL

  The Third Wife

  The House We Grew Up In

  Before I Met You

  The Making of Us

  After the Party

  The Truth About Melody Browne

  Roommates Wanted

  Vince & Joy

  A Friend of the Family

  One-Hit Wonder

  Thirtynothing

  Ralph’s Party

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  First published in Great Britain by Century in 2015

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Jewell, Lisa, author.

  Title: The girls : a novel / Lisa Jewell.

  Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria Books,

  2016. | 2015

  Identifiers: LCCN 2015033538| ISBN 9781476792217 (hardcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781476792224 (softcover : acid-free paper) | ISBN 9781476792231 (ebook)

  Subjects: | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

  Classification: LCC PR6060.E95 G57 2016 | DDC 823/.914—dc23

  LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015033538

  ISBN 978-1-4767-9221-7

  ISBN 978-1-4767-9223-1 (ebook)