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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... trying to pretend that the unruly knot of television and newspaper reporters just outside the plate glass window of ... tried to concentrate on the paperwork , but he found himself unable to ignore the tapping on the window , the ...
... trying to pretend that the unruly knot of television and newspaper reporters just outside the plate glass window of ... tried to concentrate on the paperwork , but he found himself unable to ignore the tapping on the window , the ...
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... tried the window , found it opened with surprising ease . A muggy flow of air came into the room , carrying with it the smell of dust and crops . The lace curtains bellied . Outside , the great sea of yellow corn stretched to the ...
... tried the window , found it opened with surprising ease . A muggy flow of air came into the room , carrying with it the smell of dust and crops . The lace curtains bellied . Outside , the great sea of yellow corn stretched to the ...
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... tried , he could not break it . He ventured farther into the clearing itself . It hardly mattered where he put his feet - it could not be more disturbed . He moved slowly , crouching now and then to examine something in the riot of corn ...
... tried , he could not break it . He ventured farther into the clearing itself . It hardly mattered where he put his feet - it could not be more disturbed . He moved slowly , crouching now and then to examine something in the riot of corn ...
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