The Day She Died

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The Day She Died
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First edition
AuthorCatriona McPherson
Genre Mystery fiction, Thriller
Published2014
PublisherMidnight Ink Books
Pages301
Awards Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original (2015)
ISBN 978-0-738-74045-4
Website The Day She Died

The Day She Died is a book written by Catriona McPherson [1] [2] and published by Midnight Ink Books [3] [4] (an imprint of Llewellyn Worldwide [5] ) on 8 May 2014, which later went on to win the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2015. [6]

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