Sixkill

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Parker, Robert B.
Sixkill / Robert B. Parker.
p. cm.

eISBN : 978-1-101-51466-5

1. Spenser (Fictitious character)--Fiction. 2. Private investigators--Fiction.
3. Murder--Investigation--Fiction. I. Title.
PS3566.A686S
813'.54--dc22

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As always, for Joan.

And this one's for Lou Zambello.

IT WAS SPRING.
The vernal equinox had done whatever it was it did, and the late March air drifting in through the open window in my office was soft even though it wasn't really warm yet. Spring training was under way in full tiresomeness, and opening day was two weeks off.

I was drinking coffee and studying a new comic strip called
Frazz
to see if there were any existential implications that I might be missing, when Quirk came in and went to the coffeepot, poured himself a cup, added sugar and condensed milk, and took a seat opposite my desk.

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