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Chapters (110)
  1. Cover
  2. ALSO BY J. TODD SCOTT
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraph
  5. PROLOGUE
  6. I
  7. II
  8. PART ONE
  9. ONE
  10. TWO
  11. THREE
  12. FOUR
  13. FIVE
  14. SIX
  15. SEVEN
  16. EIGHT
  17. NINE
  18. TEN
  19. ELEVEN
  20. TWELVE
  21. PART TWO
  22. THIRTEEN
  23. FOURTEEN
  24. FIFTEEN
  25. SIXTEEN
  26. SEVENTEEN
  27. EIGHTEEN
  28. NINETEEN
  29. TWENTY
  30. TWENTY-ONE
  31. TWENTY-TWO
  32. TWENTY-THREE
  33. TWENTY-FOUR
  34. TWENTY-FIVE
  35. TWENTY-SIX
  36. TWENTY-SEVEN
  37. TWENTY-EIGHT
  38. TWENTY-NINE
  39. THIRTY
  40. THIRTY-ONE
  41. THIRTY-TWO
  42. THIRTY-THREE
  43. THIRTY-FOUR
  44. THIRTY-FIVE
  45. THIRTY-SIX
  46. THIRTY-SEVEN
  47. THIRTY-EIGHT
  48. THIRTY-NINE
  49. PART THREE
  50. FORTY
  51. FORTY-ONE
  52. FORTY-TWO
  53. FORTY-THREE
  54. FORTY-FOUR
  55. FORTY-FIVE
  56. FORTY-SIX
  57. FORTY-SEVEN
  58. FORTY-EIGHT
  59. FORTY-NINE
  60. FIFTY
  61. FIFTY-ONE
  62. FIFTY-TWO
  63. FIFTY-THREE
  64. FIFTY-FOUR
  65. FIFTY-FIVE
  66. FIFTY-SIX
  67. FIFTY-SEVEN
  68. FIFTY-EIGHT
  69. FIFTY-NINE
  70. SIXTY
  71. SIXTY-ONE
  72. PART FOUR
  73. SIXTY-TWO
  74. SIXTY-THREE
  75. SIXTY-FOUR
  76. SIXTY-FIVE
  77. SIXTY-SIX
  78. SIXTY-SEVEN
  79. SIXTY-EIGHT
  80. SIXTY-NINE
  81. SEVENTY
  82. SEVENTY-ONE
  83. SEVENTY-TWO
  84. SEVENTY-THREE
  85. SEVENTY-FOUR
  86. SEVENTY-FIVE
  87. SEVENTY-SIX
  88. SEVENTY-SEVEN
  89. SEVENTY-EIGHT
  90. SEVENTY-NINE
  91. EIGHTY
  92. EIGHTY-ONE
  93. EIGHTY-TWO
  94. EIGHTY-THREE
  95. EIGHTY-FOUR
  96. EPILOGUE
  97. I
  98. II
  99. III
  100. IV
  101. V
  102. VI
  103. VII
  104. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  105. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  106. Excerpt from LOST RIVER
  107. LITTLE PARIS
  108. DILLON
  109. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  110. What’s next onyour reading list?

He’d waited too long to deal with Sheriff Ross, and people had died. He’d waited too long to deal with John Wesley Earl, and people had died. Both times, he’d done what he’d thought was the right thing, only to have other people pay for that with their lives.

He’d made those choices and had to live with them.

And if he chose the right thing here again—and the only choice that made any real sense at all was to put handcuffs on this man calling himself Fox Uno and let Garrison deal with him—then it seemed likely more people would die. For the third time, on his watch.

If Chris believed the man in Amé’s apartment was who he was claiming to be.

Was it about believing that man . . . or Amé?

Because if Chris chose wrong and helped his young deputy harbor an international fugitive and murderer, he had to wonder what that said about him.

Maybe it said he wasn’t fit to be the sheriff after all.

And in the end, he’d have to live with that choice, too.

Chris turned all his attention to Amé. “Would you have told me about this if Danny hadn’t been there, too, last night? You never said a word about the gun. For God’s sake, Amé, I thought we were past all that.”

She didn’t shake his stare. “Sí, I would have told you about Fox Uno. No matter what he had said or promised, I would not decide this without you. It affects too many. Todos nosotros.”

Was it about believing that man . . . or Amé?

“That makes me feel better, I guess,” Chris said, although it didn’t, not at all. He stood up anyway, though, slow, and got ready to leave.

“What are we doing?” Danny asked, serious. He looked ready to block the office door with his body, if Amé wasn’t already standing in front of it.

Chris said, “Well, I guess I’m going to formally introduce myself to Amé’s uncle.”

NINETEEN

CHAYO & NEVA

Getting across the river wasn’t the problem.

It was surviving the other side.

Surviving the sun and the rocks and the crushing emptiness. It was easy to get turned around and lost there, to die from the heat and thirst in that unfamiliar place before you ever found what you were looking for.