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The Three-Nine Line by David Freed

The Three-Nine Line

by David Freed
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  • Aug 17, 2015, 272 pages
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"I know this guy," the cop with the flashlight said. "I read about him in the paper. They called him 'Mr. Wonderful.' "

His partner exhaled smoke through his nose like a dragon. "Who called him that?"

"The Americans did. Their pilots. The ones we shot down during the war."

"Why would they call him Mr. Wonderful?"

The taller cop clicked off his flashlight and sighed, envisioning all of the work that lay ahead.

"Because he wasn't."

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Excerpted from The Three-Nine Line by David Freed. Copyright © 2015 by David Freed. Excerpted by permission of The Permanent Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

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