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       Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction.

      The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are

      the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to

      actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is

      entirely coincidental.

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2015

      Copyright © Cornwell Entertainment, Inc. 2015

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      Cover design and photography © Henry Steadman

      Patricia Cornwell asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007552498

      Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2015 ISBN: 9780007552481

      Version: 2017-05-08

       Dedication

       To Staci

       LEGAL DEFINITIONS of “DEPRAVED HEART”

      Void of social duty and fatally bent on mischief.

      MAYES V. PEOPLE, ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT (1883)

      Depraved indifference to human life.

      PEOPLE V. FEINGOLD, COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK (2006)

      The dictate of a wicked, depraved and malignant heart;

      Un disposition a faire un male chose; may be either

      express, or implied in law.

      WILLIAM BLACKSTONE, COMMENTARIES ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND (1769)

      Herr God, Herr Lucifer

      Beware

      Beware.

      Out of the ash

      I rise with my red hair

      And I eat men like air.

      SYLVIA PLATH, “LADY LAZARUS,” 1965

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Legal Definitions of “Depraved Heart”

       Epigraph

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

      

       Chapter 13

      

       Chapter 14

      

       Chapter 15

      

       Chapter 16

      

       Chapter 17

      

       Chapter 18

      

       Chapter 19

      

      

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