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A Novel
by Alan Drew
When she had arrived just after dawn, she had found the detective right here, in a fog of steam next to the pool, leaning on a black umbrella and talking scenarios out loud to himself. Now he tapped the aluminum tip of the umbrella against the cement pool edge, as though putting a quiet exclamation mark on an important thought.
"Real fancy, this one," Vanek said, "silk pajamas, slippers."
Excerpted from The Recruit by Alan Drew. Copyright © 2022 by Alan Drew. Excerpted by permission of Random House. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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