title: A Study in Scandal (Scandals)
author:  Caroline Linden 
description: Caroline Linden knew from an early age she was a reader, but not a writer. She earned a math degree from Harvard University and wrote computer code before turning to fiction. Now the author of eighteen books, she has won the Daphne duMaurier Award, the NJRW Golden Leaf Award, and RWA's RITA Award. She lives in New England with her family.
zlib_text: SCANDAL AT THE GALA
  A SWEETFERN HARBOR MYSTERY #8
  
  WENDY MEADOWS
  
  Copyright ©  2 018 by Wendy Meadows
  All rights reserved.
  No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by
  any means, without prior written permission.
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are a product of the
  author’s imagination. Locales and public names are sometimes used for atmospheric
  purposes. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, or to businesses, companies,
  events, institutions, or locales is completely coincidental.
  Printed in the U nited States of America
  
  CONTENTS
  Chapter 1
  Chapter 2
  Chapter 3
  Chapter 4
  Chapter 5
  Chapter 6
  Chapter 7
  Chapter 8
  Chapter 9
  Chapter 10
  Chapter 11
  Thanks for reading
  Be the First to Know
  About the Author
  Also by Wendy Meadows
  
  S
  C H A P T E R  O N E
  GALA P REP ARAT I ON
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