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The First Cut
The First Cut
The First Cut
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Scottish Police Superintendent Terrence Reid’s race to derail the money pipeline fueling a string of deadly terrorist attacks suffers a devastating setback when his informant is brutally murdered. Reid’s chief suspect, a ruthless financier, always seems to be one step ahead of him. After one of his men is murdered, Reid suspects he’s got a traitor in own camp. When Reid’s beautiful young wife becomes deeply embroiled in the investigation, things get dangerously personal.

The First Cut, the second book in the Terrence Reid/Anne Michaels series, won the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Award in the mystery/suspense category in 2014.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMary Birk
Release dateJan 20, 2017
ISBN9781370042180
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