The Night Stalker_ A Novel of Suspense - James Swain [115]
Special thanks to Andrew Vita, Team Adam Consultant with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and former Associate Director/Enforcement for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. His help again proved invaluable in writing this book.
And, finally, I owe a long ovation to my wife, Laura, who can look at anything I write, and always find the story.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JAMES SWAIN is the author of eight bestselling novels. In 2006, he was awarded the Prix Calibre 36 for Best American Crime Fiction. He lives in Florida with his wife, Laura.
ALSO BY JAMES SWAIN
Midnight Rambler
Grift Sense
Funny Money
Sucker Bet
Loaded Dice
Mr. Lucky
Deadman’s Poker
Deadman’s Bluff
The Night Stalker is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2008 by James Swain
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York.
BALLANTINE and colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to Cherry Lane Music Publishing for permission to reprint an excerpt from “Don’t Be Cruel,” words and music by Elvis Presley and Otis Blackwell, copyright © 1956 Elvis Presley Music (BMI).
Elvis Presley Music administered by Cherry River Music Co. (BMI).
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Swain, James.
The night stalker : a novel / James Swain.
p. cm.
1. Serial murders—Fiction. 2. Private investigators—Florida—Fiction. 3. Prisoners—Fiction. 4. Florida—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3569.W225N54 2008
813'.54—dc22 2008026628
www.ballantinebooks.com
eISBN: 978-0-345-50944-4
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