A Clean Kill

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Thanks to all the police officers who have shared their stories with me over the years. It is always an honor and a privilege to work with them. They are the heart of all my NYPD stories. I take my liberties with the geography of New York City, but not with the Department. I do my best to get it right. Cheers to all my friends at the New York City Police Foundation, and to all who work so hard at NAL to make my books look so good.

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Everyone has a favorite place and a favorite time of day. For Madeleine Wilson, mornings in her private spa in the garden at the back of her town house were her salvation. Every day that she had to endure the pressure of living in New York with her famous husband, Wayne, and two hyperactive little boys, she spent the hours between eight and eleven in her private gym to get away from them.

At thirty-four, in the prime of her life, Maddy had never experienced violence in any form or wished real harm on anyone. All she wanted was the kind of peace and contentment that she felt working out in her spa. Never in a million years would she have believed that a bloody fight to the death would occur there, and that she would not emerge the victor.

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