The

SECRET LIVES of MARRIED WOMEN

by Elissa Wald

A HARD CASE CRIME BOOK

(HCC-113)

First Hard Case Crime edition: October 2013

Published by Titan Books

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in collaboration with Winterfall LLC Copyright © 2013 by Elissa Wald

Excerpts from Different Hours by Stephen Dunn, copyright © 2000, used by permission of the author

Cover painting copyright © 2013 by Glen Orbik

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