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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hawkins, Paula.
The girl on the train / Paula Hawkins.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-698-18539-5
1. Railroad travel—Fiction. 2. Commuters—Fiction. 3. Strangers—Fiction. 4. London (England)—Fiction. 5. Psychological fiction. I. Title.
PR6108.A963G57 2015 2014027001
823'.92—dc23
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
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
RACHEL
MEGAN
RACHEL
MEGAN
RACHEL
MEGAN
RACHEL
MEGAN
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Acknowledgments
FOR KATE
• • •
She’s buried beneath a silver birch tree, down towards the old train tracks, her grave marked with a
cairn. Not more than a little pile of stones, really. I didn’t want to draw attention to her resting place, but
I couldn’t leave her without remembrance. She’ll sleep peacefully there, no one to...