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CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-One

Twenty-Two

Twenty-Three

Twenty-Four

Twenty-Five

Twenty-Six

Twenty-Seven

Twenty-Eight

Twenty-Nine

Thirty

Thirty-One

Thirty-Two

Thirty-Three

Thirty-Four

Thirty-Five

Thirty-Six

Thirty-Seven

Thirty-Eight

About the Author

Also by Helen Phillips

Copyright

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Copyright © 2015 by Helen Phillips. All rights reserved. For information, address Henry Holt and Co., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.henryholt.com

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Phillips, Helen, 1983–

    The beautiful bureaucrat: a novel / Helen Phillips.—First edition.

        pages cm

    ISBN: 978-1-62779-376-6 (hardcover)—ISBN 978-1-62779-377-3 (electronic book)   1.  Suspense fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3616.H45565B43 2015

    813'.6—dc23

2014045386

e-ISBN 978-1-62779-377-3

First Edition: August 2015

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.