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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Muller, Marcia, author.

Title: Circle in the water / Marcia Muller.

Description: First edition. | New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2024. | Series: Sharon McCone mysteries

Identifiers: LCCN 2023041043 | ISBN 9781538724521 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781538724545 (e-book)

Subjects: LCGFT: Detective and mystery fiction. | Novels.

Classification: LCC PS3563.U397 C57 2024 | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20230927

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023041043

ISBN: 9781538724521 (hardcover), 9781538724545 (ebook), 9781538724538 (trade paperback)

E3-20240625-JV-PC-REV

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Epigraph

Monday, October 31

Tuesday, November 1

Wednesday, November 2

Thursday, November 3

Friday, November 4

Saturday, November 5

Sunday, November 6

Monday, November 7

Tuesday, November 8

Wednesday, November 9

Thursday, November 10

Discover More

Afterword

About the Author

A Preview of "Ice and Stone"

Sharon McCone Mysteries By Marcia Muller

Praise for "Circle in the Water" and Marcia Muller

Cover

Table of Contents

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For my readers, who have abetted Sharon McCone in her long career, and for Bill, with love

With special thanks to Melissa Ward