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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Chapter 32

Chapter 33

Chapter 34

Chapter 35

Chapter 36

Chapter 37

Chapter 38

Chapter 39

Chapter 40

Chapter 41

Chapter 42

Acknowledgments

Also by Elizabeth J. Duncan

About the Author

Copyright

 

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

A THOMAS DUNNE BOOK FOR MINOTAUR BOOKS.

An imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group.

MURDER ON THE HOUR.
Copyright © 2016 by Elizabeth J. Duncan. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

www.thomasdunnebooks.com

www.minotaurbooks.com

Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein

Cover illustration by Doug Martin

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

Names: Duncan, Elizabeth J., author.

Title: Murder on the hour: a Penny Brannigan mystery / Elizabeth J. Duncan.

Description: First edition. | New York: Minotaur Books, 2016. | Series: A Penny Brannigan mystery; 7 | “A Thomas Dunne book.”

Identifiers: LCCN 2015045812 | ISBN 9781250074232 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781466885844 (e-book)

Subjects: LCSH: Brannigan, Penny (Fictitious character)—Fiction. | Women private investigators—Fiction. | City and town life—Wales—Fiction. | Murder—Investigation—Fiction. | Heirlooms—Fiction. | BISAC: FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths. | GSAFD: Mystery fiction.

Classification: LCC PR9199.4.D863 M87 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at
http://lccn.loc.gov/2015045812

e-ISBN 9781466885844

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First Edition: April 2016