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Steven James - Every Deadly Kiss

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FBI special agent Patrick Bowers grapples with a baffling series of murders in Detroitand discovers a terror plot with roots that stretch back centuries.
Called in by an ex-girlfriend to consult on a case, Patrick encounters the work of a killer who displays a stunning degree of ruthlessness. Bowers is shocked to find that the slayings are linked not just to his own history with a known terrorist, but to his former lover as welland that her secret past might hold the key to stopping the crime spree. As layers of intrigue peel away, the city is pushed ever closer to a seemingly unstoppable bioweapon attack.
Unnerving and laced with breathtaking suspense, Every Deadly Kiss is a surprising and complex thriller that will keep readers obsessed to the final page.
From the Paperback edition.

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James delivers first-rate characters and dazzling plot twists and powers it - photo 1

James delivers first-rate characters [and] dazzling plot twists, and powers it all with nonstop action.

John Tinker, Emmy Awardwinning screenplay writer

PRAISE FOR THE NOVELS OF STEVEN JAMES

Every Crooked Path

True to Jamess style, the plot is full of secrets and mind games that are entertaining and thought-provoking.

RT Book Reviews

Checkmate

High tension all the way... Fast, sharp, and believable. Put it at the top of your list.

John Lutz, Edgar Awardwinning author of Single White Female and Slaughter

The King

His tightly woven, adrenaline-laced plots leave readers breathless.

The Suspense Zone

Steven James offers yet another slam dunk in the Bowers Files series!

Suspense Magazine

Opening Moves

A mesmerizing read... My conclusion: I need to read more of Steven James.

Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Wrong Side of Goodbye

Steven James has created a fast-moving thriller with psychological depth and gripping action. Opening Moves is a smart, taut, intense novel of suspense that reads like a cross between Michael Connelly and Thomas Harris... a blisteringly fast and riveting read.

Mark Greaney, New York Times bestselling author of Gunmetal Gray

Prepare yourself for a horror-of-a-ride, edge-of-your-seat thriller of thrillers.

Fresh Fiction

[A] fast-moving, intense thriller that has as many demented twists and turns as the crimes themselves.

Examiner.com

The Pawn

Riveting.

Publishers Weekly

[An] exceptional psychological thriller.

Armchair Reviews

T HE B OWERS F ILES

Opening Moves

The Pawn

The Rook

The Knight

The Bishop

The Queen

The King

Checkmate

Every Crooked Path

Every Deadly Kiss

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BERKLEY

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375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014

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Copyright 2017 by Steven James

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Ebook ISBN: 9781101991589

First Edition: July 2017

Cover art: Hooded man Beto Chagas/Shutterstock Images; Church Kevin Keys/Shutterstock Images

Cover design by Jae Song

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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To Jim, David, Bec, and Trinity.
Cancer could not conquer your joy.

PART 1
You Too.

Although typically transmitted through aerosol means after six to eight days, with recent advances in synthetic biology, in time the variola virus could also, theoretically, be modified to transfer well before the patient is symptomatic.

FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. VLADISLAV KUZNETSOV IN
THE ANNALS OF ENDEMIC AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE ,
APRIL 2002, PAGE 133.

At the root of many of the mythical tales, according to some writers, one finds the never-ending battle between light and darkness, the former being usually symbolized by a hero, and the latter by a monster.

FROM BLUEBEARD: AN ACCOUNT OF COMORRE
THE CURSED AND GILLES DE RAIS , WITH SUMMARIES
OF VARIOUS TALES AND TRADITIONS
BY ERNEST ALFRED VIZETELLY, 1902, PAGE 12.

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Saturday, May 5

Aspen Cove Lake, Minnesota

10:32 P.M.

He watched her stir the Manhattan hed just mixed for her. He didnt want to be too forward, so rather than sit beside her on the couch, he chose the chair facing her. The cabins living room window, black with the night, stared at him over her shoulder.

So, she said playfully. How about a little game?

What kind of game?

Its about secrets. She set her drink next to his wineglass on the rustic coffee table resting between them. Ill tell you one of mine and then you get to tell me one of yours.

I noticed how you phrased that: I get to tell you one.

Uh-huh. But it has to be something youve never told anyone else before.

Alright.

I mean, never. Not anyone.

Okay.

Promise?

He lifted his glass as if he were toasting the idea. Promise.

Alright. She took a sip of her drink. I once saw a guy die and I didnt do anything to help him.

He blinked in disbelief. What happened?

It was back when I was in college and I was at this frat party, right? And people were shooting up, getting high, drinkingall that. It was a little out of hand and Id had too many shots of tequila. I shouldve just gone back to my dorm, but I let this cute guy take me upstairs to one of the bedrooms. You know.

Sure.

She repositioned herself. He wanted to do these lines of heroin and we were gonna do them together, but he went first and overdid it. ODd. I could have probably helped him or called 911 or something, but I was too scared and I just watched him collapse and have this seizure and this gross vomit came foaming out of his mouth and then he was just super stillexcept his arms and legs kept shaking. But finally they stopped moving too. It was like you see in the movies: he wasnt breathing or anything. I was terrified that something bad would happen to me if I told anyone Id been with him in that roomthat I might be accused of killing him or go to jail, or whateverso I snuck into the hall again, pretended I was just looking for the bathroom, made my way past all those other people at the party, and ran back to my dorm as fast as I could. I couldnt sleep for the rest of the night. The next day I heard his body had been found. They just called it an OD. No one ever came and talked to me. But I saw him die. I was there.

And you could have helped.

Yes.

He was quiet.

Okay. She leaned forward. Your turn.

Im not really sure what to say.

Something no one else knows, she reminded him. Something youve never told anyone before.

I can trust you?

She held up her right hand in a noble salute. Scouts honor.

He grinned slightly. You were never a scout, were you?

I slept with a guy once who used to be one.

Ah. Gotcha.

Taught me all his knots.

Im sure I didnt need to hear that.

So, tell me your secret. She poured him more wine and slid his glass toward him.

Are you trying to get me drunk?

I cant tell you all my secrets. She waited until hed taken a drink. So. Tell me.

Well... He took a long breath. Then Id say the toughest thing of all for me is when they promise they wont tell.

What do you mean?

After I handcuff them to the bed, before I really get started. Most of the time they promise they wont say anything if only Ill let them go. They just keep going on and on like that. Its not nearly so bad when they just beg me to stop or they scream, or even pray. But those ardent, desperate vows of silencethose are the hardest to listen to.

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