This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2007 Kingsmarkham Enterprises Ltd.

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Originally published in Great Britain by Hutchinson,
The Random House Group Ltd., London, in 2007.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Not in the flesh: a Wexford novel / Ruth Rendell.—1st U.S. ed.
1. Wexford, Inspector (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Police—England—Sussex—Fiction. 3. Sussex (England)—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6068.E63N68                  2008
823'.914—dc22                                             2007040945

eISBN: 978-0-307-41032-0

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