“It rings a muted bell,” he said. “Not a soldier but a sailor. Well, that’s close enough, wouldn’t you say? Now I suppose there’s an adoption fee to pay, and some papers to fill out.”
When they’d handled that part she said, “I still can’t get over it. The coincidence and all.”
“I knew a man once,” Keller said, “who insisted there was no such thing as a coincidence or an accident.”
“I wonder how he’d explain this.”
“I’d like to hear him try,” Keller said. “Let’s go, Nelson. Good boy.”
About the Author
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LAWRENCE BLOCK published his first novel in 1958. He has been designated a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Crime Writers’ Association (UK), the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. He has won the Nero, Philip Marlowe, Societe 813, and Anthony awards, and is a multiple recipient of the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon awards. He and his wife, Lynne, are devout New Yorkers and relentless world travelers.
Email: [email protected]
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Website: lawrenceblock.com
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