Formerly Fingerman

by Joe Nelms

  But, especially . . .

  Adriann Ranta, who never stopped.

  Robbie Goolrick, who I can never thank enough.

  And Ben LeRoy. I just . . . I mean . . . Thank God for you.

  Copyright © 2015 by Joe Nelms.

  All rights reserved.

  This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher; exceptions are made for brief excerpts used in published reviews.

  Published by

  TYRUS BOOKS

  an imprint of F+W Media, Inc.

  10151 Carver Road, Suite 200

  Blue Ash, OH 45242. U.S.A.

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  ISBN 10: 1-4405-8170-3

  ISBN 13: 978-1-4405-8170-0

  eISBN 10: 1-4405-8171-1

  eISBN 13: 978-1-4405-8171-7

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Nelms, Joe.

  Formerly fingerman / Joe Nelms.

  pages cm

  ISBN 978-1-4405-8170-0 (hc) -- ISBN 1-4405-8170-3 (hc) -- ISBN 978-1-4405-8171-7 (ebook) -- ISBN 1-4405-8171-1 (ebook)

  I. Title.

  PS3614.E4443F67 2015

  813'.6--dc23

  2014026148

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, corporations, institutions, organizations, events, or locales in this novel are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, used fictitiously. The resemblance of any character to actual persons (living or dead) is entirely coincidental.

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  Cover design by Sylvia McArdle.

  Cover illustration by Claudia Wolf.