Johnny Temple: USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series

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This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to real events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental

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Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-189-9

Paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-61775-184-4

eISBN: 9781617751998

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013938529

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