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Midnight Crossroad

Charlaine Harris
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  1. Books by Charlaine Harris
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND THANKS
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Books by Charlaine Harris

Ace Books by Charlaine Harris

The Midnight, Texas, Novels

MIDNIGHT CROSSROAD

The Sookie Stackhouse Novels

DEAD UNTIL DARK

LIVING DEAD IN DALLAS

CLUB DEAD

DEAD TO THE WORLD

DEAD AS A DOORNAIL

DEFINITELY DEAD

ALL TOGETHER DEAD

FROM DEAD TO WORSE

DEAD AND GONE

DEAD IN THE FAMILY

DEAD RECKONING

DEADLOCKED

DEAD EVER AFTER

A TOUCH OF DEAD

AFTER DEAD

Ace Books Edited by Charlaine Harris

THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE COMPANION

Ace Anthologies Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner

MANY BLOODY RETURNS

WOLFSBANE AND MISTLETOE

DEATH’S EXCELLENT VACATION

HOME IMPROVEMENT: UNDEAD EDITION

AN APPLE FOR THE CREATURE

GAMES CREATURES PLAY

Berkley Prime Crime Books by Charlaine Harris

SWEET AND DEADLY

A SECRET RAGE

The Harper Connelly Mysteries

GRAVE SIGHT

GRAVE SURPRISE

AN ICE COLD GRAVE

GRAVE SECRET

The Lily Bard Mysteries

SHAKESPEARE’S LANDLORD

SHAKESPEARE’S CHAMPION

SHAKESPEARE’S CHRISTMAS

SHAKESPEARE’S TROLLOP

SHAKESPEARE’S COUNSELOR

The Aurora Teagarden Mysteries

REAL MURDERS

A BONE TO PICK

THREE BEDROOMS, ONE CORPSE

THE JULIUS HOUSE

DEAD OVER HEELS

A FOOL AND HIS HONEY

LAST SCENE ALIVE

POPPY DONE TO DEATH

Berkley Prime Crime Anthologies Edited by Charlaine Harris

CRIMES BY MOONLIGHT

InkLit Graphic Novels by Charlaine Harris

GRAVE SIGHT

InkLit Graphic Novels by Charlaine Harris and Christopher Golden

CEMETERY GIRL: BOOK ONE: THE PRETENDERS

Title Page

Copyright

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Copyright © 2014 by Charlaine Harris, Inc.

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eBook ISBN: 978-1-101-59879-5

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Harris, Charlaine.

Midnight crossroad / Charlaine Harris. — First edition.

pages cm — (A novel of Midnight, Texas ; 1)

ISBN 978-0-425-26315-0 (hardback)

1. Young women—Fiction. 2. Texas—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3558.A6427M53 2014

813'.54—dc23

2013043340

FIRST EDITION: May 2014

Cover illustration © Hugh Syme.

Cover photographs: Starfield © Chris Rogers / Thinkstock; Red truck © spirit of america / Shutterstock.

Cover design by Judith Lagerman.

Endpaper art: Antiques in Display Case © Richard Freeda / Getty; Turquoise Rings © Doug Knight / iStockphoto.

Interior text design by Tiffany Estreicher.

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

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Books by Charlaine Harris

Title Page

Copyright