The Rhythm of the August Rain (38 page)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Royes, Gillian.

The rhythm of the August rain : a novel / Gillian Royes. —First Atria Paperback edition.

pages ; cm. —(A Shadrack Myers mystery ; 4)

1. Bartenders—Jamaica—Fiction. 2. Private investigators—Jamaica—Fiction. 3. Cold cases (Criminal investigation)—Fiction. 4. Jamaica—Social life and customs—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3618.O92R49 2015

813'–dc23   2015019812

ISBN 978-1-4767-6240-1

ISBN 978-1-4767-6241-8 (ebook)