This is a work of fiction. All characters are works of the author’s imagination; no similarity to persons living or dead is intended. Any factual mistakes or liberties taken are the author’s responsibility—I offer my apologies, up front, for any such errors.
Copyright © 1995 Ridley Pearson
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The Library of Congress has catalogued the original (hardcover) print edition of this book as follows:
Pearson, Ridley.
Chain of evidence : a novel / by Ridley Pearson.—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN: 978-0-7868-6172-9
I. Title.
PS3566.E234C48 1995
813’.54—dc20
95-32320 CIP
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