THE FROZEN RIVER

First published in Australia in 2023 by

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First published in the United States in 2023 by Doubleday, a division of Penguin

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© Ariel Lawhon 2023

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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.

ISBN: 9781761423413

ISBN-13: 978-1-7614-2342-0 (eBook)

Cover images: Oskar Ulvur/Trevillion, den-belitsky/Adobe Stock

Cover design: Louisa Maggio Design

Interior design: Soonyoung Kwon

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Printed and bound in Australia by Griffin Press