Cut And Run

Book Description

The largest uncut diamond in the world, the Minstrel's Rough, is little more than legend. Brought into the Pepperkamp family in 1548, it has been handed down to one keeper in each generation. Juliana Fall has inherited its splendor from her uncle—and, unwittingly, its legacy of danger.

Juliana's mother wants nothing more than to bury her memories of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. But with the diamond in her daughter's keeping, Juliana's safety becomes entangled in the secrets of the past.

There are others who seek the Minstrel's Rough.

A U.S. senator who will risk his career and face the ultimate scandal to claim its value. A Nazi collaborator willing to do anything to possess it. And a Vietnam war hero turned journalist, chasing the story of this mythic stone.

Now Juliana has only two choices: uncover the past before they do—or cut and run.

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BRILLIANT BOOK.......2007-09-15

I loved, loved, loved this book and couldn't put it down. I can't get enough of Negger's current books, but her older books are fabulous, too. I haven't read all of them, so it's a treat when they are reissued because they are out of print.

CUT AND RUN had a lot of elements that I didn't know. Like the occupation of the Netherlands, the history of the diamond industry there, and I didn't know a lot of the Vietnam chopper stuff either. I enjoyed this book as much as I did CLAIM THE CROWN, which is one of my all time "old" favorites by her.

Better as Suspense Rather than Romantic Suspense.......2007-07-18

Cut and Run is a re-release of a 1989 novel. Although labeled as "Romantic Suspense" by the publisher, this book provides a better read when the reader thinks Suspense because the romance element does not develop until the end and holds the attention less than the suspense and character histories.

Johannes Peperkamp attends a concert of his niece, Juliana Falls, in the Netherlands. In a private moment, he gives her a diamond, the Ministrel's Rough. Legends dating back to the 1500s surround this gem which also has a more recent history with the Peperkamp family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. Juliana is the last in the Peperkamp line and the tradition passes to her. To family outsiders the stories of the largest uncut diamond in the world are merely legend. No one has been able to prove its existence because no one outside the family has seen it...but someone leaked the secret and now the diamond carries another legacy with it -- danger! Matthew Stark, a Vietnam hero and current day journalist, chases down the story. Trails lead him back to Vietnam and a U.S. Senator and a Nazi collaborator. Can he uncover the details for his story without risking lives? Will his hunt uncover Juliana's close-held secrets? Will her family survive?

Readers will be intrigued by the character of Juliana, a world renowned classical pianist with secrets in the world of classical music. Normally dressed in a controlled elegance, she has taken to hair dye (not just blond or black but pink!) and outrageous clothing. It's not just the clothes either. She sneaks out in her J.J. Pepper disguise and plays jazz (!) and blues at a local night club. Will her music mentor Shuji disown her if he discovers the full truth? Juliana is an only child, used to solitude and intense focus on her art with little care for the outside world or expected female roles in society. When history, legend and current conflicts interrupt her solitude, can she save herself and the diamond?

The story is great, the characterization is great, the look into history, both WWII and the Vietnam war legacies, was fascinating. Cut and Run readers might find discover some nice reading reflections on choices people make in war time and even outside of war. How did everyday people during Vietnam and WWII find those voices of courage and also those who did not act in courage?

Often scene changes create or add to the atmosphere of suspense and allow the reader to see all the threads leading into the nexus of the major event. Here, however, the rapid and frequent scene changes did not increase the suspense but scattered the natural flow that seemed to emerge from the awesome characters' stories. If Carla Neggers had just made each scene twice as long before switching, readers would have had the time to become more emotionally invested in the characters and the characters here are worth the emotional investment.

Re-read and re-enjoy.......2007-05-23

This re-release is a fun read and a good way to intro into Carla Neggers work. It has all her trademark elements and you can enjoy them as they are just as fresh now as they were when it first came out. In fact, it's fun to go back and rediscover the depth of character and intricacy of plot that Neggers does so well. No one should disparage a re-release simply because it's been out before. You should savor it one more time because it's well worth the trip.

The best!.......2007-05-09

I'm a huge Carla Neggers fan!! I totally got into this book... loved the background on diamonds, Juliana Fall is a fascinating character and Matthew Stark is to die for!!!

1989?.......2007-05-07

I can't believe that I was stupid enough to not look more carefully. I avoid re-releases like the plague. Plus, it really wasn't that great. Not up to the standards of her current releases.

One Star: Just because it is a re-release!

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Just okay!
Fast Paced Storyline
High four stars - one of Pearson's best
Pathetic
Review by Nan Kilar and Bob Miller

CUT AND RUN
Ridley Pearson
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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ASIN: 0786867264

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While Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series seems to have run out of steam lately, his new stand-alone thriller shows this perennial best-selling author at the top of his form. It begins with a taut prologue introducing federal marshal Roland Larson and his protected witrness, Hope Stevens, whose testimony will send the Romero crime family to jail if she ever makes it to court. When Hope walks away from the witness protection program, she takes Larson's heart with her; he hesitates just long enough to regret it; and spends the next six years searching for her. Then she surfaces again in connection with the disappearance of another protected witness, a computer expert who holds the safety of everyone in the program in the top secret software program he developed. Noone wants access to that program more than the Romero family, and Hope Stevens is the first and most important target of their wrath. As a member of the elite Fugitive Apprehension Task Force, Larson races the clock to find the man whose knowledge threatens the life of the woman he still loves…and the child he never knew he had. A heart-pounding thriller that's impossible to put down, this is Pearson's best to date. --Jane Adams

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While Ridley Pearson's Lou Boldt series seems to have run out of steam lately, his new stand-alone thriller shows this perennial best-selling author at the top of his form. It begins with a taut prologue introducing federal marshal Roland Larson and his protected witrness, Hope Stevens, whose testimony will send the Romero crime family to jail if she ever makes it to court. When Hope walks away from the witness protection program, she takes Larson's heart with her; he hesitates just long enough to regret it; and spends the next six years searching for her. Then she surfaces again in connection with the disappearance of another protected witness, a computer expert who holds the safety of everyone in the program in the top secret software program he developed. Noone wants access to that program more than the Romero family, and Hope Stevens is the first and most important target of their wrath. As a member of the elite Fugitive Apprehension Task Force, Larson races the clock to find the man whose knowledge threatens the life of the woman he still loves#133;and the child he never knew he had. A heart-pounding thriller that's impossible to put down, this is Pearson's best to date. --Jane Adams

Customer Reviews:

Just okay!.......2007-09-19

Nothing very special with this book. Publishers Weekly called it one of his best, and I just don't see it. It's a plot that's been done, and characters that were pretty bland for the most part.

Fast Paced Storyline.......2006-10-22

Cut and Run although certainly not the most realistic book in the world is a very enjoyable fast paced read. The action which starts in the prologue six years earlier keeps up for the duration of the novel. Whilst it is a little bit predictable how the book will end it is certainly not a boring time for the reader getting there. An enjoyable light read which you won't want to put down until the final page. Also check out Pearson's entry into the younger market which he co authored with humorous author Dave Barry. These adventures are the prequel series to J. M. Barrie's classic tale Peter Pan. The first book in that series is the sensational Peter and the Starcatchers. In fact the high quality of those novels is the reason I decided to check out Pearson's adult work with this novel being my first. Although Cut and Run isn't the greatest novel ever written it is good and enjoyable enough that I will continue to explore his adult fiction titles.

In Cut and Run, Justice Department officer Roland Larson does the very thing those in the witness protection scheme are instructed not to, he fell in love with and had an affair with a witness named Hope Stevens. After she was nearly killed in his custody she flees the scheme and goes into hiding on her own practically disappearing from the face of the earth. Six years later and the list of the details of everyone who has ever been on the witness protection program are stolen and the chief suspect is the very man Hope was supposed to testify against and still could if she ever turned up. Put in charge of tracking down the list before it is sold to the highest bidder of organised crime Larson can't help himself from trying to track down the woman he has been infatuated with since the night he spent with her. When he does eventually track Hope down he learns the situation is even more personal than he could have ever thought.

High four stars - one of Pearson's best.......2006-05-26

With Cut and Run, Ridley Pearson takes a break from his Lou Boldt series, but fortunately for his readers, that does not mean that Pearson is slacking off. Cut and Run is a nice little thriller that keeps things moving at a nice pace from beginning to end.

The novel starts with a prologue in which U.S. Marshal Roland Larson is part of a group of feds protecting Hope Stevens, whose testimony could inflict major damage on the Romero crime family. Despite their circumstances, the two have fallen in love, but their brief affair ends after Larson barely foils an assassination attempt and she is swept into the anonymity of witness protection.

Six years later, the Romero family has infiltrated the Witness Protection program and acquired a complete list of all the witnesses along with the programmer who created the program. There is encryption to deal with, but that may only be days away from being broken. Larson is called into the case and tries to track down Hope, who now apparently has a daughter, Penny. Penny is five years old, and Larson can quickly do the math to determine that he is most likely the father.

Tracking down Hope is not that difficult, but Penny is kidnapped by Paolo, a twisted killer who works for the Romeros. What follows is a series of cat-and-mouse chases and fights, culminating in a showdown in Seattle (in which Boldt series character John LaMoia has a cameo appearance).

There are little problems with the story, especially with Penny, who sometimes appears to be the most gifted five-year-old on the planet, but overall, Pearson has put together a winner that fits the classic definition of a page-turner and as a standalone novel, is a great introduction to a good writer.

Pathetic.......2006-05-26

The plot is mechanical and unoriginal. It has characters of no interest and it manipulates the reader shamelessly, even by the standards of the genre (sweet little girl kidnapped by killer whose MO is to slit people's throats with a straight razor). Did I mention that the killer beats up and rapes his victims before killing them, but can't bring himself to harm little girls?

But what really stands out is how badly Pearson writes: "He didn't speak any of this, didn't voice his concerns, but he clearly wore them on his face, for she grew pale, turning away from the wind and him along with it." And this gem: "A night-light came on unexpectedly. Blinding him. Markowitz's grandson, dressed in cowboy pajamas, cowered. But it was he who'd turned it on."

Don't bother with this piece of trash, for you'll regret it.

Review by Nan Kilar and Bob Miller.......2006-04-06

Six years ago, Roland Larson, Deputy Marshall, made the mistake of falling in love with the witness he was protecting. After a failed attempt to kill her, Hope Stevens literally cut out of the federal witness protection program and ran.

Now, the guy her testimony helped put behind bars is about to get out of jail. AND, the master computer list of all witnesses under protection has fallen into the wrong hands. Hope has spent the time moving from place to place, job to job, with no real friends; it's been just she and her young daughter on the run.

Roland is assigned to find the computer guy and fears for Hope's safety. The story has lots of action, a little gore if you're squeamish, and a few surprises. A good one!!!

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A history of a colorful era
A treasury of old photographs

Cut and Run: Loggin' Off the Big Woods
Mike Monte
Manufacturer: Schiffer Publishing
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An unprecedented rape of Mother Nature from the 1880s to the 1940s completely changed the wooded landscape in the northern Great Lakes region of America as well as the society and ecology forevermore. In this time of empire building, logging towns grew like weeds around sawmills and often died when the last tree was cut. The people living there called it "cut and run." This fascinating book presents true-life photographic images of the loggers and the people they touched. Here we see the lumberjacks and river pigs who began the work, railroad loggers who extended the range and types of logs available, and a close-up look at one town in the wilderness. With hard work written across their faces, these men and women who dedicated their lives to the logging industry earn the respect of today's readers through the dynamic photographs and poignant stories related here. To build American towns, they toiled to make the lumber available; they succeeded and became legendary.

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A history of a colorful era.......2002-12-11

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That "Cut & Run" Loggin' Off the Big Woods" is a coffee table book is obvious when you see its cover with the three lumberjacks posed with their axes but, it is much more than that. There are over 150 pictures in its 144 pages all of them clear as bells and none of them seen before by me.
In addition to the pictures, there is text on each page and the text is what sets it apart from other books of its type. The book is written by Mike Monte, who I know. He lives in Crandon, Wisconsin, is a former logger and the son and grandson of old time lumberjacks. Where he got all the original photos I don't know but, the writing comes naturally to him from a life long interest in the logging history of the north woods. If its possible to love the sinner while hating the sin, Mike does that. He makes plain his contempt for the timber barons who were responsible for the cutting and running but his love and respect for those people who actually did the work and lived the life shows through on every page.
Although most of the book is about the loggers, teamsters, railroaders, sawmillers and river rats who did the work, there is also a lot about their wives and families. There is an entire chapter on "Padus" a typical "sawdust" town which no longer exists. Its now part of the small town of Wabeno. There are pictures of boiler explosions, train wrecks and fires all of which plagued these early towns and mills. Pictures of stores and saloons and mud choked main streets. People in their Sunday best and lumberjacks sleeping 4 and 5 to a bed in the logging camps. All with colorful descriptions , some from elderly people who actually lived the history.
You learn a lot about those days. Beneath a shot of a 'Jack with a two bitted axe, for example, Mike explains that they kept one edge sharp, the other dull and used the dull end on frozen wood since a sharp edge would chip out on frozen wood.
Since the timber companies all paid about the same wages, food in the camps made all the difference. Mike says that 'jacks would quit jobs to follow good cooks from one job to the next.
The book doesn't stop with the clearing of the pines. There are sections on the follow up harvests of hemlock and hardwoods and, finally, the cutting of what was left for pulpwood. By the 1920s it was pretty much all over. Some 70 years to take it all.
For those who are really interested, Mike shows pictures and explains, for example, the difference between an A frame jammer and a slide ass jammer, both of which were used to load logs onto railway cars. The book can serve as a history lesson into a colorful industry of the past and/or, simply a collection of interesting photos. Either way, its well worth owning

Dave Johnson

A treasury of old photographs.......2002-11-01

The publisher stumbled onto a treasure in this collection of photographs of early logging in America. Mike Monte's enthusiasm shines through his commentary on the history of logging. He's interested in the loggers, their trees, their lifestyle, their machinery, their locales, their women, in short, in everything associated with the logging industry in the United States more than a century ago. I keep wondering what it would be like to eat in the logging tent at the table with these rough-looking guys, or sleep on a plywood cot next to a fellow still wearing his hobnail boots--or hang out the laundry in a couple feet of snow....this book is to die for!

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Okay conclusion to the two-parter
Good but a little predictable

CSI: Miami: Cut and Run: CSI: Miami
Donn Cortez
Manufacturer: Pocket Star
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Okay conclusion to the two-parter.......2007-04-03

Cortez's two-part CSI:Miami story, concluding in "Harm for the Holidays: Heart Attack" is very true to the TV series and the characters in it. That is to say, it's an engrossing read, but strays as far from technical reality as does the TV series. If you like "good guys vs terrorists" stories, you should get both books and read them -- you won't be disappointed.

Good but a little predictable.......2007-03-21

This is yet another good CSI:Miami book. It kept my attention from beginning to end, although I figured out the "big twist" well before it was revealed. That didn't ruin the enjoyment of the book, however. It is the second book in a two-book storyline, but I think either one can be read as a stand-alone book (especially this one).

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Family ties...
Run To Get This Book
A Marginally Entertaining Tale
A cut above his last entry
Quite a ride!

Cut and Run
Jeff Abbott
Manufacturer: Onyx
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ASIN: 0451411145
Release Date: 2003-11-04

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In Jeff Abbott's third electrifying thriller featuring Whit Mosley, the Texas judge investigates his own past in a harrowing search for the mother who abandoned his family years ago. What he finds is a nightmare of double-crosses, vicious schemers, murder, and a conniving woman who may be plotting the cruelest betrayal of all...

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Family ties..........2005-03-22

Jeff Abbott is a Texas author who can really write an exciting novel, with well-drawn characters and a plot which twists and turns often enough to satisfy almost any reader. In this book, Judge Whit Mosley decides to track down his long-absent mother in order for her to explain the desertion of her family to Whit's dying father. In the years since she walked out on her husband and six sons, Ellen Mosley has transformed herself into a member of the mob, living in Houston and specializing in money laundering for her boss, Tommy Bellini. As Bellini lays dying, his son Paul manages to make the family vulnerable to attacks from the outside. He bungles a drug deal and ends up without the drugs or the money. Ellen, who is now called Eve, is implicated in the robbery of Paul's money, but she is innocent. What then transpires is too complicated to try to describe, but basically all of the bad guys are trying to end up with the drugs AND the money. Whit stumbles into this situation and is soon entangled in illegal activities which threaten his career and his mother's life. Abbott manages to untangle the complicated situation at the end and to create an interesting story along the way.

Run To Get This Book.......2004-04-14

I was thrilled to walk into my local bookstore one day and discover that Jeff Abbott had written another book featuring my favorite character of his, Whit Mosely. I was a little disappointment that this book was mostly not set on the Gulf Coast of Texas like the others, but the plot so good that my disappointment faded.

This book plunges into Whit's past showing us more of the background that developed his character while immersing us into mob life. This book has many twist and turns. I found myself guessing who had the money and was still wrong. Cut and Run will take you on a journey that you won't want to put down.

A Marginally Entertaining Tale.......2004-02-25

I have had Jeff Abbott on my list of authors to read for some while. While this book did not overly impress me, I can see where Whit Mosley would be a much more entertaining character given another setting.
The book centers around Mosley, a Justice of the Peace in a small Texas town. Mosley's father is on his death bed and Whit sets out to find his mother who left the family thirty years previous. What he finds is a mother who has re-invented herself as an accountant for a mob family. Whit finds himself involved in a plot that includes murder, deception and vengeance.
While certainly readable, this book did not engross me as I had hoped it would, but it kept me interested enough to persuade me to give this author another try.

A cut above his last entry.......2004-01-18

If you haven't yet followed this series , now is the time to come on board. How much value do we place on a parent, who has treated us badly? Do we come to their aid? Do we chance all we have? Interesting answers here in an action packed thriller.

Quite a ride!.......2003-12-29

In Jeff Abbott's third Whit Mosley novel, "Cut and Run," the unorthodox Port Leo, Texas judge Whit Mosley bends the law to the breaking point.

He is searching for his mother, who abandoned the family when Whit was a small child---he is investigating his own past as well.

His mother left with a ne'er-do-well who had stolen a large sum of money from the mob. On the run, she murders the abusive thief and returns the money to the Detroit Mafia---eventually becoming their money manager and remaining out of sight.

Thirty years later Whit's pursuit begins. An ordeal of double-crosses, frame-ups, reprehensible betrayers, murder, conniving dames, money laundering and topless clubs are just a few of the roadblocks Whit encounters.

It is nonstop cat and mouse after Whit initially locates his mother. Running together, it is impossible to know whom is ally, whom is adversary.

Fast paced, a superb supporting cast and crisp dialogue propel the plot.

Whit's archangel Gooch steals every scene he appears in.

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At the 1852 Christmas party hosted by Tsar Nicholas I, the plucky half-Chinese, half-Russian poet Sonja Sankova decks Peter "Colonel Cut" Koslov, who is infamous for his necklace of ears taken from serfs and Jews. In London that same night, American Jack Sandt, the Matthew Brady of Asia, conspires with Karl Marx to con the tsar into letting him take daguerreotype images inside Russia.So begins this immaculately researched, wildest of romantic wild rides, an odyssey of two lovers fleeing for their lives through the vast reaches of the Russian empire. The period details are splendid: a supper with Ivan Turgenev; a visit with the craftsmen who designed and cut gems for the Romanov tsars, a ball in a frontier town in the Urals, a glimpse of life inside the yurts of nomadic herdsmen.With Koslov and his special unit, the Wolfpack, in hot pursuit, Sonja and Jack flee St. Petersburg, cross European Russia, and go down the Urals, there risking their lives on a turbulent mountain river. Sonja and Jack take turns telling their story, as they fall in love and marry in a Siberian chapel. In a narrow escape, Jack shoots Koslov in the ankle. A sadistic Kyrghyz nomad grabs Sonja and spirits her away. Jack and a Cossack pursue the nomad and his men across the Asian steppe, but Koslov gets to him first. Koslov takes Sonja to a fabled mountain near Lake Baikal, where he is to retrieve rubies destined for a new Romanov throne. He waits, vowing revenge for his stiff ankle. Jack rescues his wife, and with their lives and a fortune of rubies at stake---and real wolves howling in a blizzard---Sonja and Jack face down Colonel Cut and the Wolfpack.

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fantastic historical thriller .......2005-02-09

In late 1852 or early 1853 depending on which calendar you use, Tsar Nicholas hosts a Christmas gala in which he invites Mikhail Sankov, but the ailing poet is unable to attend. Instead his daughter also a poet, but with a revolutionary fervor, Sonja Sankova goes escorted by her father's friend mathematician Arkady Migalkin.

At the party, Peter "Colonel Cut" Koslov, head of the vicious wolfpack, decides that the pretty waif Sonja would make an ideal addition to his "collection". He woos her by boasting about his powers that include cutting off the testicles and ears of peasants. Angry and a student of Tzu, Sonja punches Peter knocking him to the floor. She flees as he vows to cut off her ears.

Sonja, garbed as a boy, takes her father towards the Urals so he can die in his birthplace while Koslov follows having already mutilated and killed Arkady. At the same time American daguerreotype photographer Jack Sandt tours Russia with the lofty goal of making pictures of the various races he meets. When he and Sonja meet, they fall in love, but first she must complete her father's final mission of being buried in his birthplace and than there is Colonel Cut who will not rest until he retaliates for his humiliation.

SONJA'S RUN is a fantastic historical thriller that brings to life the mid nineteenth century in Russia. The story line is action-packed from the moment Sonja knocks down the abusive Koslov and never slows down until after he finally catches up to confront her. The secondary cast like the Tsar and Karl Marx add depth to an insightful tale that centers on the seeds of the Revolutions sixty plus years later were already deeply ingrained by 1853.

Harriet Klausner

Sonja's Run.......2005-02-03

Set in 1852. Sonja Sankova attends a Christmas party hosted by Tsar Nicholas I. She did not really wish to attend, but it is unwise to say no to the Tsar. Peter Koslov "Colonel Cut", commander of the Wolfpack, is enthralled with Sonja and begins telling awful, bloody tales to impress her. Instead of being impressed, she ends up slugging him with a roundhouse right cross, which the Tsar finds hilarious. Koslov vows he will someday have her ears on a necklace for the offense. Sonja and her father flee.

That same night, in London, Jack Sandt meets with Karl Marx to conspire about conning the Tsar into letting Jack take daguerreotype images into Russia. Jack and Sonja meet while she is disguised as a boy. They end up fleeing with each other while Koslov and the Wolfpack pursue them.

**** Toward the beginning of the novel the scenes change too often. However, soon the plot and characters of this story entice the reader to settle down and enjoy several hours of fictional bliss. Once Sonja and Jack meet, things do not seem to hop around so often and scenes become smoother. From then on, everything is non-stop action. Recommended reading. ****

Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.

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Cut and Run
Cydney Chadwick
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Stinging, sensual, seductive--Cydney Chadwick's narrative explores the ironies of power, pursuit and fantasy. Excerpt: My boyfriend was having sex with a woman who worked at a boutique supermarket we'd been frequenting for sixth months, or perhaps it was eight. One Wednesday morning I received an e-mail from an unfamiliar address--one of those addresses that consists of a phrase that is supposed to be amusing and clever. Usually if the sender is unknown to me the message turns out to be spam--advertisements for some product that is supposed to improve my appearance, sex life, or make me more wealthy. This e-mail salutation used my first name. The sentence that followed said the man I was living with, and used his first name, was involved with a woman who works at Dario's. It was signed, "A Friend." I felt sick, my heart rate shot up as if I'd been sprinting, and I grew angry--not at my boyfriend, but at the sender. I didn't recognize the ISP, closed my mail box, ran the ISP's name on a search engine and discovered it was a local provider. Taking down the phone number on their website, I called. I wanted to get through to technical support, hoping I'd speak to a tech who either didn't know better or care, and would give me the account holder's name. I was told curtly that that kind of information about their customers isn't given out. The woman I spoke to implied I must be somewhat crazy or stupid for asking such a thing. That evening when I confronted my boyfriend about it he became indignant. A week later he moved out. In the weeks that followed I walked into Dario's almost daily and wandered about trying to deduce which one she was--the overweight dark-haired woman in the flower department, the blonde who wrapped gourmet breads? I went through every checkout stand, peering into the faces of the female workers. Was he now openly dating or living with one of these women? For several months I thought he'd try and contact me, talk of starting over, suggest couples counseling, but I never heard from him again. I stopped going into the market, took different streets to the subway and to my job, so as not to go near the place. Unless I used a great deal of discipline, a scenario would run through my mind--had he been with this woman before he and I went into the market in the early evening, had they exchanged furtive smiles while I was waiting in line to buy fish? If I didn't force myself to think of something else I would imagine other possibilities: did he have sex with both of us on the same day? While we went for a walk or when we were home together in the evenings, did thoughts of her frequently run through his mind? And did I subconsciously make myself oblivious to it for self-protection?...

4 Titles By Pearson - Cut and Run - Parallel Lies - Chain of Evidence - The Body of David Hayes

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4 Titles By Pearson - Cut and Run - Parallel Lies - Chain of Evidence - The Body of David Hayes
Ridley Pearson
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6 Book Set By Ridley Pearson; the Pied Piper; Cut and Run; the Art of Deception; the First Victim; Middle of Nowhere; Parallel Lies

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6 Book Set By Ridley Pearson; the Pied Piper; Cut and Run; the Art of Deception; the First Victim; Middle of Nowhere; Parallel Lies
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7 Titles By Carla Neggers - Cut and Run - Breakwater - Kiss the Moon - Finding You - The Cabin - Cold Ridge - Dark Sky

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7 Titles By Carla Neggers - Cut and Run - Breakwater - Kiss the Moon - Finding You - The Cabin - Cold Ridge - Dark Sky
Carla Neggers
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