ALSO BY KATHY REICHS
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KATHY REICHS
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To all who survived
the Great Quebec Ice Storm of 1998.
The characters and events in this book are fictional and created out of the imagination of the author. The setting is in Montreal, Canada; Charlotte, North Carolina; and other locations. Certain real locations and institutions are mentioned, but the characters and events depicted are entirely fictional. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Grateful thanks are extended to Dr. Ronald Coulombe, specialiste en incendies; to Ms. Carole Peclet,
