FICTION
MOON OVER MANHATTAN
(with Larry King)
THE INTERROGATION
PLACES IN THE DARK
INSTRUMENTS OF NIGHT
THE CHATHAM SCHOOL AFFAIR
BREAKHEART HILL
MORTAL MEMORY
EVIDENCE OF BLOOD
THE CITY WHEN IT RAINS
NIGHT SECRETS
STREETS OF FIRE
FLESH AND BLOOD
THE ORCHIDS
TABERNACLE
ELENA
BLOOD INNOCENTS
NONFICTION
EARLY GRAVES
BLOOD ECHOES
ANTHOLOGIES
BEST AMERICAN CRIME WRITING
(with Otto Penzler)
BEST AMERICAN CRIME WRITING 2002
(with Otto Penzler)
PERIL
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Copyright © 2004 by Thomas H. Cook
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Cook, Thomas H.
p. cm.
1. Runaway wives—Fiction. 2. Victims of crimes—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.O55465P47 2004
813′.54—dc22
2003062793
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