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

GOODBYE SISTER DISCO. Copyright © 2008 by James Patrick Hunt. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hunt, James Patrick, 1964–

     Goodbye Sister Disco / James Patrick Hunt.—1st ed.

             p.   cm.

     ISBN-13: 978-0-312-36156-3

     ISBN-10: 0-312-36156-4

     1.  Police—Missouri—Saint Louis—Fiction.   2.  Saint Louis (Mo.)—Fiction.   3.  Kidnapping—Fiction.   I.  Title.

PS3608.U577G66 2008

813'.6—dc22

2007042580

eISBN 9781466825215

First eBook edition: July 2012