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Going Dark (Thorn Mysteries)

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by James W. Hall


  They sat for a while longer in the parking lot.

  Thorn saw one of the slats of the blinds move. “Julie. That’s a good name.”

  “It is,” said Sheffield. “And she’s a cute kid. Got a patch of Leslie’s hair. And those amazing eyes.”

  “Okay, then. I’m ready. Let’s go meet her.”

  Also by James W. Hall

  Dead Last (2011)

  Silencer (2010)

  Hell’s Bay (2008)

  Magic City (2007)

  Forests of the Night (2004)

  Off the Chart (2003)

  Blackwater Sound (2002)

  Rough Draft (2000)

  Body Language (1998)

  Red Sky at Night (1997)

  Buzz Cut (1996)

  Gone Wild (1995)

  Mean High Tide (1994)

  Hard Aground (1993)

  Bones of Coral (1992)

  Tropical Freeze (1989)

  Under Cover of Daylight (1987)

  Hot Damn! (2002)

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  JAMES W. HALL is an Edgar and Shamus Award–winning author whose books have been translated into a dozen languages. He has written four books of poetry, a collection of short fiction, and a collection of essays. This is his eighteenth novel. He and his wife, Evelyn, divide their time between South Florida and North Carolina.

  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.

  GOING DARK. Copyright © 2013 by James W. Hall. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  www.minotaurbooks.com

  Cover design by Ervin Serrano

  Cover photographs: island © Javarman/Shutterstock.com; palm trees © Alexandra Lande/Shutterstock.com

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

  Hall, James W.

  Going Dark / James W. Hall. — First Edition.

  pages cm — ([Thorn P.I.; Book 10])

  ISBN 978-1-250-00500-7 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-1-250-03833-3 (e-book)

  1. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 2. Nuclear power plants—Florida—Fiction. 3. Radicals—Fiction. 4. Environmental disasters—Fiction. 5. Florida Keys (Fla.)—Fiction. 6. Political fiction. I. Title.

  PS3558.A369G65 2013

  813'.54—dc23

  2013024718

  e-ISBN 9781250038333

  First Edition: December 2013

 

 

 


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