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Tracy Clark
Chapters (54)
  1. Also by
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1
  7. Chapter 2
  8. Chapter 3
  9. Chapter 4
  10. Chapter 5
  11. Chapter 6
  12. Chapter 7
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. Chapter 10
  16. Chapter 11
  17. Chapter 12
  18. Chapter 13
  19. Chapter 14
  20. Chapter 15
  21. Chapter 16
  22. Chapter 17
  23. Chapter 18
  24. Chapter 19
  25. Chapter 20
  26. Chapter 21
  27. Chapter 22
  28. Chapter 23
  29. Chapter 24
  30. Chapter 25
  31. Chapter 26
  32. Chapter 27
  33. Chapter 28
  34. Chapter 29
  35. Chapter 30
  36. Chapter 31
  37. Chapter 32
  38. Chapter 33
  39. Chapter 34
  40. Chapter 35
  41. Chapter 36
  42. Chapter 37
  43. Chapter 38
  44. Chapter 39
  45. Chapter 40
  46. Chapter 41
  47. Chapter 42
  48. Chapter 43
  49. Chapter 44
  50. Chapter 45
  51. Chapter 46
  52. Chapter 47
  53. Chapter 48
  54. Chapter 49
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Books by Tracy Clark

BROKEN PLACES

BORROWED TIME

Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation

Title Page

BORROWED TIME

TRACY CLARK

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Copyright Page

KENSINGTON BOOKS are published by

Kensington Publishing Corp.
119 West 40th Street
New York, NY 10018

Copyright © 2019 by Tracy Clark

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the prior written consent of the Publisher, excepting brief quotes used in reviews.

Library of Congress Card Catalogue Number: 2018912558

Kensington and the K logo Reg. U.S. Pat. & TM Off.

ISBN: 978-1-4967-1490-9

ISBN-10: 1-4967-1490-3
First Kensington Hardcover Edition: June 2019

ISBN-13: 978-1-4967-1492-3 (ebook)
ISBN-10: 1-4967-1492-X (ebook)

Dedication

For the Little Dudes: Jonathan, Christopher, David, and Luc

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my editor, John Scognamiglio; my agent, Evan Marshall; and the entire staff at Kensington Publishing. You guys are awesome. I want to thank also Detective Gregory Auguste, Detective Tracey Mathis, and Detective Laura Skrip of the Chicago Police Department for giving me an insight into how cops do their jobs. I give a special nod to Laura and Tracey for breaking it down from a female’s perspective. Though they do the same work as the guys, they approach the challenges of the job a bit differently. It was truly enlightening finding out how. Thank you both for sharing your stories. To Jennifer Auguste, gracias, for the eagle-eyed story adjustments. Thanks also to family and friends for the enthusiastic cheerleading, and to Mary Carter, author extraordinaire, for giving this book the once-over and pointing out the clunkers. And, of course, thanks to Mom for everything else . . . and more.

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

A PI’s life isn’t glamorous, not by a long shot. I spend half my time sitting in a cold car, watching people do the dumbest things, and the other half typing up reports about it. But that’s when business isn’t slow. When it is, like now, I, Cass Raines, PI, contract myself out for steady pay. Today, I was riding out the latest dry spell working for the law firm of Golden, Sprague, and Bendelson, trying to hand off a summons to a Chicago blues man named Big Percy Prescott, who’d somehow forgotten on his rise to the middle that he’d left behind a long-suffering ex-wife and two little Prescotts in desperate need of child support. Big Percy, apparently not just any man’s fool, knew the suits were after him and was making himself not only scarce, but downright invisible.