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Deadly Force
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Bantam hardcover edition published September 1996
Bantam paperback edition / October 1997

Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint lyrics from the following: “GUN STREET GIRL” by Tom Waits. Jalma Music.
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“STAR DUST,” music by Hoagy Carmichael, words by Mitchell Parish. © 1929 (renewed) EMI Mills Music, Inc. & Hoagy Publishing Company in USA. All rights outside USA controlled by EMI Mills Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission. WARNER BROS. PUBLICATIONS U.S. Inc., Miami, FL. 33014.

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