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The Night Bird

Brian Freeman
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  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Dedication
  4. CONTENTS
  5. Start Reading
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  58. FROM THE AUTHOR
  59. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  60. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

PRAISE FOR BRIAN FREEMAN

“If there is a way to say ‘higher’ than ‘highly recommended,’ I wish I knew it. Because this is one of those thrillers that go above and beyond.”

—Suspense Magazine on Goodbye to the Dead

“Deftly plotted . . . a standout.”

—Publishers Weekly on Goodbye to the Dead (Starred Review)

“Freeman skillfully weaves together diverse story lines . . . with twists that build suspense, in this fine, character-driven addition to a strong series.”

—Booklist on Goodbye to the Dead (Starred Review)

“Goodbye to the Dead is a superior psychological thriller that adroitly weaves obsession, sex and revenge into a page-turning mystery. At the end there is the Freeman hallmark: a shocker of a plot twist that turns everything that’s gone before upside down.”

—Open Letters Monthly

“Thriller fiction doesn’t get much better than The Cold Nowhere.”

—Bookreporter

“[In the Dark is] Freeman’s most ambitious—and accomplished—work to date . . . Powered by darkly poetic atmospherics and deep character development, this harrowing and heartrending novel will leave readers guessing until the very last pages.”

—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

“Brian Freeman is a first-rate storyteller. Stalked is scary, fast-paced, and refreshingly well written. The characters are so sharply drawn and interesting, we can’t wait to meet the next one in the story.”

—Nelson DeMille, #1 New York Times bestselling author

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ALSO BY BRIAN FREEMAN

The Jonathan Stride Series

Immoral

Stripped

Stalked

In the Dark

The Burying Place

Spitting Devil (e-short story)

Turn to Stone (e-novella)

The Cold Nowhere

Goodbye to the Dead

The Cab Bolton Series

The Bone House

Season of Fear

Stand-Alone Novels

Spilled Blood

The Agency (as Ally O’Brien)

West 57 (as B.N. Freeman)

Title Page

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Copyright Page

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, organizations, places, events, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

Text copyright © 2017 by Brian Freeman

No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher.

Published by Thomas & Mercer, Seattle

Amazon, the Amazon logo, and Thomas & Mercer are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates.

ISBN-13: 9781503943568 (hardcover)

ISBN-10: 1503943569 (hardcover)

ISBN-13: 9781503941892 (paperback)

ISBN-10: 1503941892 (paperback)

Cover design by Rex Bonomelli

Dedication

For Marcia

and in loving memory of

Thomas Freeman

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FROM THE AUTHOR

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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A thousand fantasies

Begin to throng into my memory.

—John Milton

When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not;

but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter.

—Mark Twain

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