He had a funny feeling. Jake’s face was the tipoff. If Danny was wrong, then so be it; the deputy would never know how close a call this was. But if Danny was right, if Jake had figured it out and was coming after him, he wasn’t going to jail. No way.
“Hey, Jake,” Danny said. Big smile. His hand slinked under the counter, feeling for the chilly steel. “What’s going on?”
ALSO BY JULIA KELLER
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About the Author
JULIA KELLER spent twelve years as a reporter and editor for the Chicago Tribune, where she won a Pulitzer Prize. A recipient of a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, she was born in West Virginia and lives in Chicago and Ohio. You can sign up for email updates here.
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Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Epigraphs
Danny
Bell
Jake
Sally Ann
Charlie
Shirley
Bell
Jake
Bell
Raylene
Rhonda
Jake
Shirley
Jake
Bell
Eddie
Pam
Jake
Pam
Shirley
Jake
Bell
Eddie
Jake
Bell
Rhonda
Molly
Eddie
Paul
Bell
Molly
Jake
Paul
Eddie
Jake
Danny
Also by Julia Keller
About the Author
Copyright
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.
FAST FALLS THE NIGHT. Copyright © 2017 by Julia Keller. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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First Edition: August 2017