Grave Reservations by Cherie Priest

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2021 by Cherie Priest

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Priest, Cherie, author.

Title: Grave reservations / Cherie Priest.

Description: First Atria Books hardcover edition. | New York : Atria, 2021.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020051866 | ISBN 9781982168896 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781982168902 (paperback) | ISBN 9781982168919 (ebook)

Classification: LCC PS3616.R537 F36 2016 | DDC 813/.6—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020051866

ISBN 978-1-9821-6889-6

ISBN 978-1-9821-6891-9 (ebook)