“Charlie—are you there?”
“Sure.” A man has to be somewhere.
“Well … about that ring you supposedly gave Sarah … are you going to tell me what that’s all about—or just leave me to guess?”
“Yes.”
.…
.…
Click.
.…
Click.
ALSO BY JAMES D. DOSS
Coffin Man
A Dead Man’s Tale
The Widow’s Revenge
Snake Dreams
Three Sisters
Stone Butterfly
Shadow Man
The Witch’s Tongue
Dead Soul
White Shell Woman
Grandmother Spider
The Night Visitor
The Shaman’s Game
The Shaman’s Bones
The Shaman Laughs
The Shaman Sings
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JAMES D. DOSS, a longtime resident of the Southwest, is the author of sixteen previous Charlie Moon mysteries. Two of the Moon books were named among the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. He died in 2012, shortly after completing The Old Gray Wolf, the seventeenth and final novel in the series.
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.
THE OLD GRAY WOLF. Copyright © 2012 by James D. Doss. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
www.minotaurbooks.com
Cover design by Danielle Fiorella
Cover photograph © Kerrick James/Corbis
ISBN 978-0-312-61371-6 (hardcover)
ISBN 9781250018090 (e-book)
First Edition: November 2012
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