Hard News

in years,” she said, laughing.
    “It’s like riding a bike,” Rune said. “It’ll come right back to you.”
    “I don’t know.”
    “Come on.”
    “Let me think about it.” Sutton stopped shaking her head.
    “Aw, come on.”
    “I said I’ll think about it,” Sutton snapped. “You can’t ask for more than that.”
    “Sure I can,” Rune said.
    The anchorwoman ignored her and together they crouched down in front of the pile of mystery artifacts and began picking through it, looking for more of Rune’s damaged treasures.

   about the author   
     
    Jeffery Deaver’s novels have appeared on a number of bestseller lists around the world, including the
New York Times
, the
London Times
and the
Los Angeles Times
. The author of sixteen novels, he’s been nominated for four Edgar Awards from the Mystery Writers of America and an Anthony award and is a two-time recipient of the
Ellery Queen
Reader’s Award for Best Short Story of the Year. His book
A Maiden’s Grave
was made into an HBO movie starring James Garner and Marlee Matlin, and his novel
The Bone Collector
was a feature release from Universal Pictures, starring Denzel Washington. Turner Broadcasting is currently making a TV movie of his novel
Praying for Sleep
. His most recent novels are
The Stone Monkey, The Blue Nowhere
(soon to be a feature film from Warner Brothers),
The Empty Chair
and
Speaking in Tongues
.
    Look for his other suspense novels from Bantam Books:
Manhattan Is My Beat, Death of a Blue Movie Star, Mistress of Justice
and
The Lesson of Her Death
.
    Deaver lives in Virginia and California and is now at work on his next Lincoln Rhyme novel.
    Readers can visit his website at
www.jefferydeaver.com
.

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