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Unfinished Business (Kit Tolliver #12) (The Kit Tolliver Stories) Page 4


  “Are there enough?”

  “Two pairs here, two in the living room. That’s eight, that’s more than enough. Once he’s tied up you can just wait in the other room, and—”

  “No way. I want to see it.”

  “Are you sure?”

  “The whole idea is so hot. I might even want to help.”

  “You think? Shhh, here he comes. Ken, Ree and I were beginning to think you fell in.”

  “Oh, I figured I’d give the two of you a chance to do some more of that girl-girl stuff.”

  “Without you watching and joining in? Where’s the fun in that?”

  “God,” he said, “how’d I get so lucky?”

  And Ree said, “Seriously, Ken, you were gone a long time. Do you feel okay?”

  “You want to know how I feel? I feel like I died and went to heaven. What, did I say something funny?”

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  LAWRENCE BLOCK published his first novel in 1958. He has been designated a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and has received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Crime Writers’ Association (UK), the Private Eye Writers of America, and the Short Mystery Fiction Society. He has won the Nero, Philip Marlowe, Societe 813, and Anthony awards, and is a multiple recipient of the Edgar, the Shamus, and the Japanese Maltese Falcon awards. He and his wife, Lynne, are devout New Yorkers and relentless world travelers.

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Unfinished Business

  About the Author