She knew that Byrne would now embark upon a passage to visit the surviving family members of these murdered girls, to tell them the story as he believed it.
She got out of her car, crossed the cemetery to where Byrne stood, put a hand on his shoulder.
She would not let him make the journey alone.
Acknowledgements
With thanks to:
Jane Berkey, Meg Ruley, Peggy Boulos Smith, Rebecca Scherer, and everyone at the Jane Rotrosen Agency;
Ed Wood, Catherine Burke, Thalia Proctor, Kirsteen Astor, and the great team at Little, Brown UK;
Michael Krotz, David Najfach, David Wilhite, Kevin McKenzie, Kathleen Heraghty, Mike Driscoll, Jimmy Williams, Annette Haralson, and Kathleen Franco MD;
The men and women of the Philadelphia Police Department;
The people of Devil’s Pocket. Thanks for letting me borrow the neighborhood, move a few boundaries, and set my tale on your streets.
About the Author
Richard Montanari was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to a traditional Italian-American family. After university, he traveled Europe extensively and lived in London, selling clothing in Chelsea and foreign-language encyclopedias door-to-door in Hampstead. Returning to the United States, he started working as a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune, the Detroit Free Press, the Seattle Times, and many others. His novels have now been published in more than twenty-five languages.
richardmontanari.com
Books by Richard Montanari
Shutter Man
The Doll Maker
The Stolen Ones
The Killing Room
The Echo Man
The Devil’s Garden
Badlands
Merciless
The Skin Gods
The Rosary Girls
Kiss of Evil
The Violet Hour
Deviant Way
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Contents
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Dedication
Epigraph
I: The Pocket
Chapter 1
II: In the Shadow of the Spire
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
III: Sídhe
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
IV: Billy the Wolf
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Books by Richard Montanari
Newsletters
Copyright
Copyright
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the author.
Copyright © 2015 by Richard Montanari
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