Contents ( 85)
- Contents
- Part I
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Part II
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Part III
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Forty-Six
- Forty-Seven
- Forty-Eight
- Forty-Nine
- Fifty
- Fifty-One
- Fifty-Two
- Fifty-Three
- Fifty-Four
- Fifty-Five
- Fifty-Six
- Fifty-Seven
- Fifty-Eight
- Fifty-Nine
- Sixty
- Sixty-One
- Sixty-Two
- Sixty-Three
- Sixty-Four
- Sixty-Five
- Sixty-Six
- Sixty-Seven
- Sixty-Eight
- Sixty-Nine
- Seventy
- Seventy-One
- Seventy-Two
- One
- Two
- Reading Group Guide
- A Conversation with the Author
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
Also, a shout-out to my local liquor-delivery guy: you make quarantine bearable.
This book is dedicated to Drew Mosher, who, in addition to being one of my closest friends since middle school, is a former detective and was my go-to source when I was writing the character of Detective Colin Pearson. Mind you, I still took many liberties with the reality of police procedure for the purposes of the story, so that’s on me, not Drew. I’m sure he rolled his eyes at a scene or two in here.
To Pam Ahearn, my agent extraordinaire, a thousand thanks for guiding me again through another book. Much gratitude to my editor, Anna Michels, and all the staff at Sourcebooks who are working from home and still feeding the world their books. You folks are impressive.
To my beautiful partner, Jessica, and Ili, Sawyer, and Henry: I couldn’t think of better people with whom to spend a pandemic. Oh, the Netflix we consumed. Sole and Craig, I’m grateful for the extended family. We are all very lucky.
My critique group took a few months off, but they saw enough of this manuscript to offer excellent feedback as always. Dirk, Linda, Sean, Abe, Sam, and Lloyd: thank you.
A special thanks to my sister, Kristin, who is most excellent in suggesting Halloween themes, and to my mom, who offers perfect editorial notes.
I’m grateful to Tim Booth and the boys from the band James, who let me use their lyrics once again. It was great to see you all last year, and, Tim, I hope you know what a thrill it was for me to have dinner with the lead singer and lyricist from my favorite band.
Dad, I think you would have liked this one.
And to all my readers, I’m so appreciative as always. You will never know how much your support means to me, and I’m thankful for each and every one of you. Well, except for the one guy whose review of my last book included the catchy phrase burning this book tonight. You’re kind of a dick.
About the Author
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USA Today and #1 Denver Post bestselling author Carter Wilson has written seven psychological thrillers as well as numerous short stories. He is a four-time winner of the Colorado Book Award and an ITW Thriller Award finalist, and his critically acclaimed novels have received multiple starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal. Carter lives in Erie, Colorado, in a Victorian house that is spooky but isn’t haunted…yet.
To check Carter’s appearance calendar, subscribe to his irreverent monthly newsletter, or to inquire about his availability for speaking events, book clubs, or media requests, please visit carterwilson.com.
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