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The following is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in an entirely fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2007 by J.D. Rhoades
Reissued in 2015 by Polis Books
Cover design by 2Faced Design
eISBN 978-1-940610-20-7
60 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
Also by J.D. Rhoades available from Polis Books
The Jack Keller series
The Devil’s Right Hand
Good Day In Hell
Safe And Sound
Devils And Dust
Breaking Cover
Broken Shield
To the memory of Brent Hackney, 1948–2005. Reporter, press secretary, and editor. Brent was the first person who read my writing and gave me a weekly column in the Southern Pines, North Carolina, Pilot. He was also one of the first to suggest I write a novel.
Still, to quote Mark Twain, he was a good man, and he meant well. Let it go.
In the past couple of years since my first novel, The Devil’s Right Hand, came out, I’ve been fortunate to meet and hang out with the wonderful and supportive people who make up the crime fiction community. A list of all the folks who’ve offered encouragement would take up several pages, but here’s a partial one: Duane Swierczynski; Ken Bruen; Jason Starr; Allan Guthrie; Jon and Ruth Jordan of Crimespree Magazine; David Thompson and McKenna Jordan of Murder by the Book in Houston; Janine Wilson at Seattle Mystery Bookshop; Toni and Steve