They All Fall Down
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Anyone alive? Raul said, “No. They’re all dead.”
“So…” Andreas cleared his nose, then spat on the polished wood floor. “What do we say?”
Irritated, Raul glared at the kid. “We did our job, just like Mr. Omeke wanted. We came on the day and time we were told to come. We found her like this, in the water, floating, dead. The end.”
“The end.” Andreas nodded, then ran his hand through his wet hair. He stood, then limped to the ladder that led up to the communications room. “I’ll call the coast guard.”
Raul watched the kid disappear up to the second deck, then prayed, “Lord our God, receive our supplications…” After reciting the novena, Raul slipped his fingers over Miriam Macy’s eyes. He had noticed them Friday afternoon back at the office.
She’d had such pretty eyes.
Green like the Sea of Cortez.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I wanted to see what would happen if I took seven Americans to an island and revealed their secrets—and had them pay the ultimate price for that. Cruel, yes, but that’s entertainment. Thanks to Jill Marsal, my brilliant and supportive agent, who also wanted to see what would happen, too. Thank you, Kristin Sevick, my awesome editor, who helped me abuse my darlings. My family has always supported my career and my nature and I want to thank you Mom, Dad, Gretchen, Terry, and Jason for being my support. David and Maya Grace, my travel buds and my loves, thank you for adventuring with me and sending inspirational texts and pictures of people doing and saying stupid stuff. My pages are stuffed with your donated lunacy. To readers everywhere, thank you for picking this up and always giving me a chance to make you breathless.
ALSO BY RACHEL HOWZELL HALL
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RACHEL HOWZELL HALL is the author of the acclaimed Lou Norton series and coauthor of The Good Sister with James Patterson, which appeared in the New York Times bestselling anthology The Family Lawyer. She is a senior donor relations officer with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Currently she serves on the board of directors for the Mystery Writers of America, is a member of Sisters in Crime, and has participated as a mentor in the Association of Writers and Writing Programs’ Writer to Writer mentorship program. She lives in Los Angeles
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
Epigraph
We Have a Winner!
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Purgatory
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Twisted
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
The Joker
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Torpedo, Away!
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Also By Rachel Howzell Hall
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THEY ALL FALL DOWN
Copyright © 2019 by Rachel Howzell Hall
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Cover art by Daniel Cullen
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First Edition: April 2019