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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?

Eddy pulled his head up, it was like lifting a mountain. His sweat left a stain, and he wiped it away and then pointed at the radio in the bag. The evidence bag, he now saw clearly. It had red stickers on it and was sealed up tight. “You took that out of my kitchen. It’s the one in the pictures.”

But Deputy Reynosa shook her head, while it was Danny’s turn to sit back. “No, Eddy, that’s the problem.” She picked up the bagged radio and handed it to Eddy. Just like the photos, he didn’t want to touch it, but this time, he did. It was heavy, too heavy, like his head, and there was some water staining the plastic, trapped inside. Maybe a mouthful. He was so thirsty he wanted to cut that bag open and take a good long drink. “That radio in your hands was taken from the river mud beneath the bodies we found. Just under the surface of the water. We think one of the men was carrying it. It’s not the one from your kitchen, but it’s the same. Identical.”

“Now you see the problem, Eddy. Your problem,” Danny said, softly. “What we’ve been trying to tell you here.” There was no anger there anymore, only disappointment. “Now I’m going to get you a Coke or a coffee or a glass of water. Hell, I’ll even get you a beer, because I think I’m going to need one, too. Whatever you want, because we’re going to start this all over again. We got all day.”

Paez’s hand left his arm, and although there were three other people in the room, Eddy was alone.

“And tomorrow’s a motherfucker,” Eddy said, catching Danny’s eye. Like when they’d shared that laugh outside his trailer, when Eddy had still been a free man.

“Yeah, it is, and for you, tomorrow’s too fucking late.”

Eddy Lee Rabbit put the radio back on the table and closed his eyes.

If he could sleep now, just lay his head down again for a few minutes, maybe he could think through this thing.

But instead, he opened his eyes and nodded yes.

FOURTEEN