The Lost - J. D. Robb [0]
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Missing in Death
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Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Epilogue
The Dog Days of Laurie Summer
Before
During
After
Lost in Paradise
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Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Legacy
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Missing in Death
J. D. RoBB
One
On a day kissed gently by summer, three thousand, seven hundred and sixty-one passengers cruised the New York Harbor on the Staten Island Ferry. Two of them had murder on their minds.
The other three thousand, seven hundred and fifty-n ine aboard the bright orange ferry christened the Hillary Rodham Clinton were simply along for the ride. Most were tourists who happily took their vids and snaps of the retreating