The Silence of the Llamas (33 page)

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2013 by Anne Canadeo

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First Gallery Books trade paperback edition January 2013

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Canadeo, Anne

Silence of the llamas / Anne Canadeo.

p. cm.

“Gallery original fiction trade”—T.p. verso.
1. Knitters (Persons)—Fiction. 2. Knitting shops—Fiction. 3. City and town life—Massachusetts—
Fiction. 4. Llama farms—Fiction. 5. Murder—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3553.A489115S55 2013

813’.54—dc22

2012023917

ISBN 978–1–4516–4479–1

ISBN 978–1–4516–4481–4 (ebook)