The Figaro Murders (33 page)

 

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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Prologue

Part I: The Amorous Butterfly

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Part II: A Little Song on the Breeze

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Part III: The Ungrateful Heart

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Part IV: Finale

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

Chapter 31

Epilogue

Author's Note

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.

 

THE FIGARO MURDERS.
Copyright © 2015 by Laura Lebow. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

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

 

Lebow, Laura.

    The Figaro Murders / Laura Lebow.—First edition.

        pages cm

    ISBN 978-1-250-05351-0 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4668-5619-6 (e-book)

    1.  Opera—Fiction.   2.  Murder—Investigation—Fiction.   3.  Vienna (Austria)—History—Fiction.   4.  Austria—History—Joseph II, 1780–1790—Fiction.   5.  Mystery fiction.   6.  Historical fiction.   I.  Title.

    PS3612.E28F54 2015

    813'.6—dc23

2014040987

 

e-ISBN 9781466856196

 

First Edition: April 2015