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Rain needled the black harbor. Detective Mara Venn arrived alone. The pier waited without witnesses. A lantern marked the body. Jonas Vale lay beneath it. His throat wore a smile. His eyes reflected the lantern. Mara knelt beside his hand. Fresh ink stained his palm. Four letters formed her name. She had never met him. Thunder hid the first footstep. The second came much closer. Mara turned, drawing her revolver. Only rain crossed the pier. His telephone rang beside him. Its screen displayed her name. She answered with gloved fingers. Her own voice whispered, “Run.”