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Safe enough and other stories

Child, Lee2024
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The world's number one thriller writer introduces a cast of unforgettable characters in twenty pulse-pounding standalone short stories, collected together for the first time. Here are twenty meticulously plotted, intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, featuring assassins, CIA agents, gangsters, and more. A drug-dealing hit man unburdens his fears to a stranger. An overlooked rookie cop is assigned to the department's file room. A ruthless killer only kills bad guys. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he's outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection...
Main title:
Author:
Child, Lee, author
Imprint:
London : Bantam, 2024.©2024
Collation:
315 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
"A new collection of short stories"--Cover."With a bonus short story from Lee Child & Tess Gerritsen"--Cover.
Contents:
The BodyguardThe Greatest Trick of AllTen KeysSafe EnoughNatural in Every WayThe .50 SolutionPublica TransportationMe and Mr. RaffertySection 7 (a) (Operational)Addicted to SweetnessThe Bone-Headed LeagueI Heard a Romantic StoryMy First Drug TrialWet with RainThe Truth About What HappenedPierre, Lucien & MeNew Blank DocumentShorty and the BriefcaseDying for a CigaretteThe Snake-Eater by the Numbers.
ISBN:
97808575068019780857506801 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
804998
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