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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. ONE
  5. TWO
  6. THREE
  7. FOUR
  8. FIVE
  9. SIX
  10. SEVEN
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  12. NINE
  13. TEN
  14. ELEVEN
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  16. THIRTEEN
  17. FOURTEEN
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  19. SIXTEEN
  20. SEVENTEEN
  21. EIGHTEEN
  22. NINETEEN
  23. TWENTY
  24. TWENTY-ONE
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  27. TWENTY-FOUR
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  61. FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. FIFTY-NINE
  63. SIXTY
  64. SIXTY-ONE
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  69. SIXTY-SIX
  70. SIXTY-SEVEN
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  73. SEVENTY
  74. SEVENTY-ONE
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  77. SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. SEVENTY-SIX
  80. Praise for Blood in the Water
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He put the towel in the sink and walked back into the bedroom. “I was surprised to hear from you,” he said, standing in the bathroom doorway.

She nodded. “I was a little surprised I called,” she admitted.

“You know our deal is off.” Cormack didn’t move. He just looked at her. She was a striking woman, but her eyes looked weary, and it made him sad for her. “There’s nothing I can do about that. The war came to me; I didn’t go looking for it.”

“I know.”

“What do we have to talk about, then?”

“Soh.”

“What about him?”

Kit took a manila folder out of her bag and laid it on the bureau. “This is the latest intel we have on him. It’s enlightening.”

Cormack looked at the folder on the bureau, then back at Kit. “What does it say?”

“It says that he’s branching out.”

Cormack gave a grunt. “That’s why he’s coming after me.”

She shook her head. “It’s not just that he’s expanding his control over the harbor,” she said. “He’s expanding worldwide. He’s got connections in both Southeast Asia and in the Middle East. He’s making a move to become the largest heroin importer on both coasts. His goal is to control the operations both here and in San Diego, where the drugs will be coming in.”

“Ambitious.”

“Very,” Kit nodded.

“I can’t imagine that Soh’s superiors in MS-13 will be too happy to hear that his loyalties have been compromised. Pineda is supposed to run the organization throughout the U.S. Every cell has some autonomy, but they all pay the organization, and a move this big is going to upset the power structure.”

“It’s not clear that Pineda knows yet. And by the time he finds out, it may be too late for him to do anything about it. Soh may be too powerful by then. If he manages to get control of both harbors and the heroin starts flowing, he’ll have enough money to control an army. A well-armed one at that.”

“Better that Soh’s stopped now, then,” Cormack noted.

She nodded. “For everyone.”

“That’s why you’re willing to keep feeding me information, even though you know what’s coming?”

She shook her head. “It’s not just that,” she said.

“What, then?”

“There are rumors that Javier Carpio is in Boston, and that he’s helping Soh. It makes me wonder.”

Cormack let that sink in for a moment. “You think his brother’s part of the deal?”