Dead Beat

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Overview:

Title: Dead Beat
Author: Jim Butcher
Year: Unknown
ISBN-10: 045146091X
Publisher: Roc / New American Library
Price: $7.99
Pages: 435
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Dead Beat
Notes:
- undated 2nd printing of May 2006 Roc mass market edition by number line
- artist not credited and no signature visible
- The Locus Index to Science Fiction credits Chris McGrath for the 1st printing's cover; the image is also shown on the artist's website.
- story ends on p. 424, followed by "Author's Note", followed by undated excerpt from Proven Guilty on pages numbered through 435