Killing Rain

veteran, and keeper of the dreaded Nessie, for sharing his experience with combat and killing and on living with it after. A special thank you to Terry Trahan, a man who has seen the darkness and now lives in the light, for sharing the experiences that inspired this story, for getting me up to speed on knives and related matters, and for helpful comments on the manuscript.
    My friends at Café Borrone in Menlo Park, California, for serving the best breakfasts—and especially coffee—that any writer could ask for.
    Naomi Andrews and Dan Levin, Eve Bridberg, Vivian Brown, Alan Eisler, Judy Eisler, Shari Gersten and David Rosenblatt,Tom Hayes, novelist Joe Konrath, Owen and Sandy Rennert, Ted Schlein, Hank Shiffman, and Caryn Wiseman, for helpful comments on the manuscript and many valuable suggestions and insights along the way.
    Most of all, to my wife, Laura, for more than I can put in words. And the research on the “love scenes” was great, too.

AUTHOR’S NOTE

The Manila, Bangkok, Phuket, Hong Kong, Kowloon, Tokyo, and Batangas locales that appear in this book are described, as always, as I have found them. The backstory on A. Q. Khan and the CIA is real.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s 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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