The Last Alibi

ALSO BY DAVID ELLIS

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ellis, David, date.

The last alibi / David Ellis.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-101-62114-1

1. Murder—Investigation—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3555.L59485L38 2013 2013015329

813'.6—dc23

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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