Contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Notice
3. Dedication
4. 1. The Terror
5. 2. Puzzles He Didn’t Know How to Solve
6. 3. Ordinary
7. 4. A Healthy Touch of Paranoia
8. 5. Social Environment
9. 6. So Much More to Wreck
10. 7. Like Torn Rubber
11. 8. Complicated
12. 9. Bedside Manner
13. 10. Area of Expertise
14. 11. Much More Force, Very Specifically Directed
15. 12. A Thousand Brittle Pieces
16. 13. The Badness of My Heart
17. 14. Take Names
18. 15. Predacious Douchenozzle
19. 16. System Overload
20. 17. Right Side Up and Upside Down
21. 18. The Terrible Intimacy of the Mundane
22. 19. Not That Fight
23. 20. Living Plaything
24. 21. I Know What You Did
25. 22. Not Yet
26. 23. The Snack Docent
27. 24. Amphetamized
28. 25. An Unusually Painful Slip
29. 26. Small Talk
30. 27. The Edge of Visibility
31. 28. Eleventh-Hour Surprise
32. 29. A Man Moves Through the Night
33. 30. Trapped Sweat and Spilled Blood
34. 31. The Whole Story
35. 32. Awful Shit
36. 33. Reduced
37. 34. Nightmare Scenario
38. 35. Into the Lion’s Mouth
39. 36. Deadweight
40. 37. Whac-a-Mole
41. 38. Worse to Come
42. 39. No Margin for Error
43. 40. Your Average Lowlife
44. 41. Your Usual Four-Alarm Emergency
45. 42. A Nice Visible Presence
46. 43. Arrangements of a Muscular Nature
47. 44. Mantrap
48. 45. Deploying a Mop-Based Weapon
49. 46. Some Martha Stewart Shit
50. 47. Kill You Tonight
51. 48. I Saw What You Did
52. 49. An Orphan’s Best Friend
53. 50. Contingency Plans to Our Contingency Plans
54. 51. A Troubled Son of a Bitch
55. 52. Last Resort
56. 53. Fallout
57. 54. Urgent
58. 55. An Elaborate Piece of Business
59. 56. The Fucking Mary Kay Lady
60. 57. Taking Steps
61. 58. Beautiful, Furtive Choreography
62. 59. Guardian Angel
63. 60. Fly Away
64. 61. Speechless Terror
65. 62. God or Fate or Whoever Runs the Universe
66. 63. Tipping Point
67. 64. A Forever Fall
68. Acknowledgments
69. Also by Gregg Hurwitz
70. About the Author
71. Copyright