This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously.
 
 
KILLER YEAR. Copyright © 2008 by Lee Child. 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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eISBN 9781429959742
First eBook Edition : July 2011
 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Killer year : stories to die for …from the hottest new crime writers / edited by Lee Child.—1st ed. p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-37470-9
ISBN-10: 0-312-37470-4
1. Detective and mystery stories, American. 2. Crime—Fiction.
3. American fiction—21st century. I. Child, Lee.
PS648.D4 K56 2008
813’.087208—dc22
2007046344
First Edition: January 2008