This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

 

THE ASSAILANT. Copyright © 2009 by James Patrick Hunt. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

 

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

 

Hunt, James Patrick, 1964–
    The assailant / James Patrick Hunt.—1st ed.
             p. cm.

    ISBN-13: 978-0-312-54578-9

    ISBN-10: 0-312-54578-9

1. Police—Missouri—Saint Louis—Fiction.  2. Prostitutes—Crimes against—Fiction.  3. Saint Louis (Mo).—Fiction.  I. Title.

    PS3608.U577A9 2009

    813'.6—dc22

2008045675

 

First Edition: June 2009

 

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