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 LAST KIND WORD. Copyright © 2013 by David Housewright. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Cover design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein
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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Housewright, David, 1955–
The last kind word / David Housewright.—First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-1-250-00960-9 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-03739-8 (e-book)
1. Private investigators—Fiction. 2. Undercover operations—Fiction. 3. Illegal arms transfers—Fiction. 4. Minnesota—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3558.O8668L37 2013
813'.54—dc23
2013006984
eISBN 9781250037398
First Edition: June 2013