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Praise for
CAROL LEA BENJAMIN’s
RACHEL ALEXANDER Mysteries
“Rachel Alexander is someone who holds your interest and makes you keep turning the pages.”
New York Times bestselling author Nevada Barr
“Benjamin combines expert storytelling, wry humor, and a flair for bringing unusual characters to life.”
Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
“[A] first-rate murder-mystery series.”
Orlando Sentinel
“Her high quality of prose and convincing way with dialogue may surprise and delight first-time readers.”
Chicago Sun-Times
“Benjamin keeps the tail-wagging to a minimum, relying instead on solid private eye basics. Dash…is nevertheless a dependably entertaining companion among murder and mayhem.”
Denver Rocky Mountain News
“The adventures of private detective Rachel Alexander and her pit bull partner, Dashiell, hooked me.”
Seattle Times
Books by Carol Lea Benjamin
WITHOUT A WORD
FALL GUY
THE LONG GOOD BOY
THE WRONG DOG
LADY VANISHES
A HELL OF A DOG
THE DOG WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
THIS DOG FOR HIRE
And coming soon in hardcover from
William Morrow
THE HARD WAY
Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
WITHOUT A WORD. Copyright © 2005 by Carol Lea Benjamin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
EPub © Edition JUNE 2008 ISBN: 9780061983238
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