Death Wears a Beauty Mask and Other Stories (38 page)

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

“Stowaway” copyright © 1958 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.; originally published as “Last Flight from Danubia”

“When the Bough Breaks” copyright © 1960 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

“Voices in the Coalbin” copyright © 1989 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

“The Cape Cod Masquerade” copyright © 1994 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.; originally published as “Death on the Cape”

“Definitely, A Crime of Passion” copyright © 1996 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

“The Man Next Door” copyright © 1997 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

“Haven't We Met Before?” copyright © 2000 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

“The Funniest Thing Has Been Happening Lately” copyright © 2002 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

“The Tell-Tale Purr” copyright © 2009 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

The above stories have been previously published.

“Death Wears a Beauty Mask” copyright © 2015 by Nora Durkin Enterprises, Inc.

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Simon & Schuster Subsidiary Rights Department, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition April 2015

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Jacket design by Jackie Seow

Jacket art by Shasti O'Leary Soudant

Author photograph by Bernard Vidal for Simon & Schuster

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015936017

ISBN 978-1-5011-1099-3

ISBN 978-1-5011-1101-3 (ebook)

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