EVERY DEAD THING.

'Buy it and be scared' The Times

JOHN CONNOLLY

EVERY DEAD THING

The Most Terrifying Thriller Since Hannibal

Copyright © 1999 by John Connolly

The right of John Connolly to be identified as the Author of the Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Fest published in Great Britain in topp by Hodder and Stoughton Fast published in paperback in 1999 by Hodder and Stoughton A division of Hodder Headline PLC

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All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

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