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  1. Contents
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. PROLOGUE
  5. PART ONETHE EXTREMES
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  22. PART TWOSOMETHING BAD
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  37. PART THREECHAYLA
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  51. PART FOURHIT AND RUN
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  66. EPILOGUE
  67. AUTHOR’S NOTE

‘I bet you will.’ Caprice saw an aide gesturing at her from near the beautiful tower. The music of the bells had gone silent. It was time to go. She stood up, and so did Cab, and the two of them shook hands. The security personnel who had hovered at a distance drew closer.

‘Don’t be a stranger,’ she said to him. ‘Goodbye, Cab.’

‘Goodbye, Governor,’ Cab replied.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

Cab Bolton first appeared as a character in my novel The Bone House. I planned the book as a stand-alone, but readers soon demanded to see more of that tall, rich detective. I hope you enjoyed his return. With this book, I now have two parallel series, one featuring Cab and one featuring Lieutenant Jonathan Stride of the Duluth Police. You can also look for my stand-alone Spilled Blood, which won the award for Best Hardcover Novel in the 2013 Thriller Awards.

You can write to me at [email protected]. I enjoy e-mails from readers and always respond personally. Visit my website at www.bfreemanbooks.com to join my e-mail list, get book club discussion questions, read bonus content, learn about meet-and-greet events in your area, and find out more about me and all of my books. You can also ‘like’ my official fan page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/bfreemanfans or follow me on Twitter, Instagram, or Tumblr using the handle bfreemanbooks.

I’d also like to ask a favor. I’d be grateful if you could do online reviews and post or tweet to your friends when you enjoy my books. That’s a big help … thanks!

I lost a dear friend in the publishing industry as we were putting the finishing touches on Season of Fear. My agent Ali Gunn discovered me in 2004 with the manuscript of my first novel, Immoral. She was my agent, ally, friend, and supporter for all of the past decade. Ali passed away tragically and unexpectedly this winter, leaving a terrible hole for everyone who knew her. This book, like my other books, is in your hands because of Ali. I will always be grateful to her for shaping my career.

I’m fortunate to work with an amazing team in the publishing industry, especially everyone at my worldwide publisher Quercus. My thanks to David North, Rich Arcus, Nathaniel Marunas, Eric Price, Richard Green, and the entire Quercus team on both sides of the Atlantic.

This is my first book since Stripped to be set outside the Midwest. I’m very grateful to Mary and Roger Stumo, who allowed me and Marcia to use their condo in Indian Rocks Beach while we were doing research and scouting locations for the book. Most of the locales in this novel are real places, which you can find on Google Earth.