A Killer Column

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AUTHOR’S NOTE

The cities—in particular, Raleigh, North Carolina—featured in this novel are real enough. However, each place has been modified for the sake of the narrative in many subtle ways, and the author hopes that the residents of each locale can forgive him, since they are indeed filled with many gracious people and spectacular sights.

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

—DOUGLAS HORTON

Chapter 1

NO ONE IS GOING TO GET AWAY WITH TREATING ME LIKE that.

I won’t stand for it.

Derrick thinks that he can replace me, that he’s so much better than I am, but he’s wrong.

Dead wrong.

But I’m not going to be stupid about it. Just because I want him to die doesn’t mean I’m willing to trade the rest of my life in prison to see it happen.

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