The Chase (32 page)

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The Chase
Copyright © 2012 by DiAnn Mills

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Mills, DiAnn.

The chase : a novel / DiAnn Mills.

     p.   cm. — (Crime scene: Houston)

ISBN 978-0-310-33317-3 (softcover)

1. Murder — Investigation — Fiction. 2. Child abuse — Fiction. 3. Houston (Tex.) —
Fiction. I. Title.
PS3613.I567C53    2012
813′.6 — dc23

2011042853

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