Still Life with CrowsGrand Central Publishing, 2003 M07 1 - 448 páginas When a series of murders strikes small-town Kansas, FBI Special Agent Pendergast must track down a killer or a curse -- either way, no one is safe. A small Kansas town has turned into a killing ground. Is it a serial killer, a man with the need to destroy? Or is it a darker force, a curse upon the land? Amid golden cornfields, FBI Special Agent Pendergast discovers evil in the blood of America's heartland. No one is safe. |
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... forward , keeping a watch on the sky , until the birds were almost directly overhead . This was as close as he was going to get by car . From here , he'd have to walk . He threw the cruiser into park and , more out of habit than neces ...
... forward , keeping a watch on the sky , until the birds were almost directly overhead . This was as close as he was going to get by car . From here , he'd have to walk . He threw the cruiser into park and , more out of habit than neces ...
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... forward , knocking the fat cobs aside with irritation . The field belonged to Buswell Agricon of Atlanta , and Sheriff Hazen could not have cared less if they lost a few ears because of his rough passage . Within two weeks Agricon's ...
... forward , knocking the fat cobs aside with irritation . The field belonged to Buswell Agricon of Atlanta , and Sheriff Hazen could not have cared less if they lost a few ears because of his rough passage . Within two weeks Agricon's ...
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... forward at once . " Sheriff Hazen , I was just looking for you , " he said . He was carrying a handheld GPS unit in one hand and a USGS topographical map in the other , and his face was wearing a very different expression than it had ...
... forward at once . " Sheriff Hazen , I was just looking for you , " he said . He was carrying a handheld GPS unit in one hand and a USGS topographical map in the other , and his face was wearing a very different expression than it had ...
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... forward ; there was the clicking of cassette recorders , the fluttering of camera shutters . " Tad , let's give these good folks some fresh coffee . " Tad looked at Hazen . Hazen winked . Tad grabbed the pot , peered in , gave it a ...
... forward ; there was the clicking of cassette recorders , the fluttering of camera shutters . " Tad , let's give these good folks some fresh coffee . " Tad looked at Hazen . Hazen winked . Tad grabbed the pot , peered in , gave it a ...
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... forward , scrutinized it , sat back with a sigh . " FBI . Shit - fire . Might have known . " He glanced over at Tad . " We're running with the big boys now . " " Yes , sir , " said Tad . Although he'd never actually met an FBI agent ...
... forward , scrutinized it , sat back with a sigh . " FBI . Shit - fire . Might have known . " He glanced over at Tad . " We're running with the big boys now . " " Yes , sir , " said Tad . Although he'd never actually met an FBI agent ...
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