Distracted: A Thriller (Chap 1)
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Last published Tue, Jun 21, 2011
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For fans of Lee Child, Walter Mosley, and Barry Eisler, comes a novella about hard men, and even harder choices...
TWENTY-FOUR HOURS
Shell, a killer-for-hire, is the hardest of these men. Nevertheless, someone has infiltrated his Network. They have the five women closest to him. And they will start murdering these women—one every twenty-four hours—unless Shell meets their demands. Just one demand, actually: kill Roger Coke. But killing Coke, a brutal gun and drug trafficker, is no easy task. Making the job even more difficult is the sudden presence of Coke's girlfriend, a stunning beauty in desperate need of a savior. But why must her greatest moment of need come just as Shell is set to make his kill?
Killing is tough business, especially when you're...
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Phillip Thomas Duck straddles the line between two worlds. For paranormal fans, no he isn't a vampire or werewolf, but instead an accomplished author that has published works with traditional publishers (Harlequin and Simon & Schuster) as well as independently. The author lives in New Jersey with his daughter.
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