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Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)
Cause to Run (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2)
Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)
Audiobook series11 titles

An Avery Black Mystery Series

Written by Blake Pierce

Narrated by Elaine Wise, Juliana Velez, Sofie Kramer and

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

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About this series

“A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.”
--Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone)

From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense.

A bundle of books #1 (CAUSE TO KILL) and #2 (CAUSE TO RUN) in Blake Pierce’s Avery Black Mystery series! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading.

In CAUSE TO KILL, Homicide Detective Avery Black has been through hell. Once a top criminal defense attorney, she fell from grace when she managed to get a brilliant Harvard professor off—only to watch him kill again. She lost her husband and her daughter, and her life fell apart around her. Trying to redeem herself, Avery has turned to the other side of the law. Working her way up the ranks, she has reached Homicide Detective, to the scorn of her fellow officers, who still remember what she did, and who will always hate her. Yet even they cannot deny Avery’s brilliant mind, and when a disturbing serial killer strikes fear into the heart of Boston, killing girls from elite colleges, it is Avery that they turn to. It is Avery’s chance to prove herself, to finally find the redemption she craves. And yet, as she is soon to find out, Avery has come up against a killer as brilliant and daring as she.

In CAUSE TO RUN, a new serial killer is stalking Boston, killing his victims in bizarre ways, taunting the police with mysterious puzzles that reference the stars. As the stakes are upped and the pressure is on, the Boston Police Department is forced to call in its most brilliant—and most controversial—homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still reeling from her last case, finds herself up against a rival precinct and a brilliant, cunning killer who is always one step ahead of her. She is forced to enter his dark, twisted mind as he lays clues for his next killing, and forced to look into places in her own mind she would rather not go.

Dark psychological thrillers with heart-pounding suspense, the AVERY BLACK MYSTERY series is a riveting new series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

Book #3 in the Avery Black series will be available soon.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 1, 2022
Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)
Cause to Run (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2)
Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

Titles in the series (11)

  • Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

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    Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)
    Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

    „Wartka akcja, która wciąga od pierwszego rozdziału do samego końca.” --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (o książce „Zaginiona”) Kolejny bestseller numer 1, mistrzowski thriller pełen psychologicznego suspensu autorstwa Blake Pierce. Avery Black, detektyw w Wydziale Zabójstw, przechodzi piekło. Kiedyś w gronie najlepszych adwokatów specjalizujących się w sprawach karnych, Avery wypada z łask, gdy udaje jej się doprowadzić do uniewinnienia znanego profesora Harvardu, który po uwolnieniu, zabija ponownie. Avery traci męża i córkę, jej życie rozpada się w gruzy. Dążąc do odzyskania tego, co straciła Avery poznaje drugie oblicze prawa – jako policjantka. Błyskawicznie pokonuje kolejne szczeble awansu i dochodzi do Wydziału Zabójstw, ku rozgoryczeniu kolegów funkcjonariuszy, którzy nie są w stanie zapomnieć tego, co zrobiła i którzy zawsze będą ją nienawidzić. Nawet oni jednak nie są w stanie zanegować wybitnej inteligencji Avery. Zatem gdy seryjny morderca sieje postrach w sercu Bostonu zabijając kolejne studentki elitarnych uczelni, o pomoc zwracają się właśnie do niej. Avery uzyskuje szansę na to, aby pokazać swoją wartość i skierować swoje życie na wymarzone tory. Szybko okazuje się jednak, że mierzy się z zabójcą dorównującym jej błyskotliwością i hartem ducha. W psychologicznej zabawie „w kotka i myszkę”, w której kolejne kobiety tracą życie, a morderca zostawia jedynie tajemnicze wskazówki, trudno o wyższą stawkę. Szaleńczy wyścig z czasem prowadzi Avery zaskakującą ścieżką, pełną nieprzewidywalnych zwrotów akcji, aż do punktu kulminacyjnego, którego nawet jej bujna wyobraźnia nie byłaby w stanie wymyślić. „DLACZEGO ZABIJA” -mroczny thriller psychologiczny, pełen mrożącego krew w żyłach suspensu, wyznacza początek nowej wciągającej serii literackiej i wprowadza nową, wzbudzającą podziw bohaterkę, zmuszając czytelnika do pochłaniania kolejnych stron książki aż do białego rana. Tom 2 z serii Avery Black dostępny już wkrótce. „Napisany po mistrzowsku thriller! Autor tak doskonale nakreślił postacie i ich wymiar psychologiczny, że czujemy, jakbyśmy myśleli jak one, przeżywali ich strach i cieszyli się ich sukcesami. Niezwykle inteligentnie skonstruowana fabuła utrzymuje w napięciu aż do samego końca. Liczne zwroty akcji sprawią, że nie zaśniesz, dopóki nie przeczytasz tej książki do ostatniej strony” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (o książce „Zaginiona”)

  • Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

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    Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)
    Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

    "Una dinámica historia que atrapa desde el primer episodio y no deja ir." --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (sobre Una Vez Desaparecido) Del autor de misterio #1 mejor vendido Blake Pierce llega una nueva obra maestra del suspenso psicológico. La detective de Homicidios Avery Black ha pasado por el infierno. Una vez abogada defensora estrella, cayó en desgracia cuando logró dejar en libertad a un brillante profesor de Harvard, sólo para verlo volver a matar. Perdió a su esposo y a su hija, y su vida se derrumbó a su alrededor. Intentando redimirse, Avery se ha volcado al otro lado de la ley. Trabajando desde abajo, ha llegado a ser detective de Homicidios, causando repudio en sus compañeros oficiales, quienes aún recuerdan lo que hizo, y quienes la odiarán por siempre. Pero incluso ellos no pueden negar la mente brillante de Avery, y cuando un perturbador asesino serial genera terror en el corazón de Boston, asesinando a chicas de universidades de élite, es a Avery a quien recurren. Es la oportunidad de Avery para probar su valor, y finalmente alcanzar la redención que ansía. Sin embargo, como está a punto de descubrir, Avery se ha enfrentado a un asesino tan brillante y audaz como ella misma. En este juego psicológico del gato y el ratón, las mujeres mueren con misteriosas pistas, y las apuestas no podrían ser más altas. Una frenética carrera contra el tiempo lleva a Avery a través de una serie de sorprendentes e inesperados giros, culminando en un clímax que ni siquiera Avery podría haber imaginado. Un oscuro thriller psicológico con suspenso que acelera el corazón, CAUSA PARA MATAR marca el debut de una cautivadora nueva serie, y un querido nuevo personaje, que te dejará dando vuelta las páginas hasta tarde en la noche. El libro #2 de la serie de Avery Black estará disponible pronto. "Una obra maestra del thriller y el misterio. Pierce hizo un magnífico trabajo desarrollando personajes con un lado psicológico, tan bien descritos que nos sentimos dentro de sus mentes, seguimos sus miedos y los alentamos en sus éxitos. La trama es muy inteligente y te mantendrá entretenido a través del libro. Lleno de giros, este libro te mantendrá despierto hasta dar vuelta la última página." --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (sobre Una Vez Desaparecido)

  • Cause to Run (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2)

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    Cause to Run (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2)
    Cause to Run (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2)

    From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. In Cause to Run (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 2), a new serial killer is stalking Boston, killing his victims in bizarre ways, taunting the police with mysterious puzzles that reference the stars. As the stakes are upped and the pressure is on, the Boston Police Department is forced to call in its most brilliant—and most controversial—homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still reeling from her last case, finds herself up against a rival precinct and a brilliant, cunning killer who is always one step ahead of her. She is forced to enter his dark, twisted mind as he lays clues for his next killing, and forced to look into places in her own mind she would rather not go. She finds herself compelled to seek the counsel of Howard Randall, the twisted serial killer she’d put behind bars years ago, all while her new burgeoning life with Rose and Ramirez is falling apart. And just as things cannot get any worse, she finds out something else: she herself may be the target. In a game of psychological cat and mouse, a frantic race against time leads Avery through a series of shocking and unexpected twists—culminating in climax that even Avery could not imagine. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Cause to Run is book #2 of a riveting series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

  • Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

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    Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)
    Cause to Kill (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 1)

    From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. Homicide Detective Avery Black has been through hell. Once a top criminal defense attorney, she fell from grace when she managed to get a brilliant Harvard professor off—only to watch him kill again. She lost her husband and her daughter, and her life fell apart around her. Trying to redeem herself, Avery has turned to the other side of the law. Working her way up the ranks, she has reached Homicide Detective, to the scorn of her fellow officers, who still remember what she did, and who will always hate her. Yet even they cannot deny Avery’s brilliant mind, and when a disturbing serial killer strikes fear into the heart of Boston, killing girls from elite colleges, it is Avery that they turn to. It is Avery’s chance to prove herself, to finally find the redemption she craves. And yet, as she is soon to find out, Avery has come up against a killer as brilliant and daring as she. In this game of psychological cat and mouse, women are dying with mysterious clues, and the stakes could not be higher. A frantic race against time leads Avery through a series of shocking and unexpected twists—culminating in climax that even Avery could not imagine. A dark psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, CAUSE TO KILL marks the debut of a riveting new series—and a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #2 in the Avery Black series is also available.

  • Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)

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    Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)
    Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)

    From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3). Bodies are being found in the outskirts of Boston, their corpses burned beyond recognition, as the police realize a new serial killer is roaming the streets. As the media converges and the pressure is upped, the Boston Police Department must turn to its most brilliant—and controversial—homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still trying to pick up the pieces of her own life—her budding relationship with Ramirez, her reconciliation with Rose—suddenly finds herself thrown into the most challenging case of her career. With scant evidence to follow, she must enter the mind of a psychotic killer, try to understand his obsession with fire, and what clues that offers into his personality. Her trail leads her deep into Boston’s worst neighborhoods, to confrontations with its worst psychopaths—and finally, to a twist she could never possibly imagine. In a game of psychological cat and mouse, a frantic race against time, Avery is led too deep into the maze of a killer’s mind, and to places darker than she’d ever wish to see. A psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Cause to Hide is book #3 of a riveting series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

  • Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)

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    Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)
    Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)

    “Una historia dinámica que te atrapa desde el primer capítulo y no te deja ir”. --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (sobre ‘Una vez desaparecido’) Del autor exitoso de misterio Blake Pierce llega una nueva obra maestra del suspenso psicológico, UNA RAZÓN PARA ESCONDERSE (Un misterio de Avery Black—Libro 3). Cuerpos están siendo encontrados en las afueras de Boston, sus cadáveres quemados más allá del reconocimiento, y la policía entiende que un nuevo asesino en serie está al acecho en las calles. A medida que los medios de comunicación se convergen y la presión aumenta, el Departamento de Policía de Boston decide que su única opción es pedirle ayuda a su detective de Homicidios más brillante y más controversial: Avery Black. Avery, aún tratando de recoger los pedazos de su propia vida, su nueva relación con Ramírez y su reconciliación con Rose, se encuentra repentinamente en medio del caso más difícil de su carrera. Con poca evidencia, debe entrar en la mente de un asesino psicótico, tratar de entender su obsesión con el fuego y qué es lo que eso quiere decir de su personalidad. Su rastro la lleva a las profundidades de los peores vecindarios de Boston, a enfrentamientos con los peores psicópatas y, finalmente, a un giro que jamás se hubiera imaginado. En un juego psicológico del gato y el ratón y una carrera frenética contra el tiempo, Avery se adentra demasiado en el laberinto de la mente de un asesino y en lugares demasiado oscuros. Un thriller psicológico oscuro con suspenso emocionante, UNA RAZÓN PARA ESCONDERSE es el libro #3 de una nueva serie fascinante, con un nuevo personaje querido, que te dejará pasando páginas hasta bien entrada la noche. El libro #4 de la serie de Avery Black estará disponible pronto. “Una obra maestra del thriller y el misterio. Pierce hizo un trabajo magnífico desarrollando a los personajes psicológicamente, tanto así que sientes que estás en sus mentes, vives sus temores y aclamas sus éxitos. La trama es muy inteligente y te mantendrá entretenida durante todo el viaje. Este libro te mantendrá pasando páginas hasta bien entrada la noche debido a sus giros inesperados”. --Opiniones de libros y películas, Roberto Mattos (Una vez desaparecido)

  • Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)

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    Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)
    Cause to Hide (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 3)

    Een bijzonder meeslepend verhaal dat de lezer vanaf het eerste hoofdstuk volledig in de ban houdt.” – Recensie Midwest Book, Diane Donovan (over Eens Weg) Een nieuwe psychologische thriller van de hand van bestsellerauteur Blake Pierce: Schuilen voor hoge vlammen (een Avery Black-mystery – boek 3). In de buitenwijken van Boston worden verschillende lichamen gevonden. De lijken zijn onherkenbaar verbrand en meteen wordt duidelijk dat de stad wederom te kampen heeft met een verschrikkelijke seriemoordenaar. De pers bijt zich in de zaak vast en de spanning binnen de politiediensten Boston loopt hoog op. Hoog tijd om de hulp van rechercheur Avery Black in te roepen! Avery, die nog steeds de touwtjes van haar eigen leven niet helemaal in handen heeft en zich had voorgenomen om zich helemaal te richten op haar ontluikende relatie met Ramirez en haar verzoeningspogingen met Rose, krijgt te maken met een van de meest uitdagende moordzaken uit haar carrière. Met bitter weinig bewijsstukken moet ze zich een beeld proberen te vormen van een psychotische moordenaar. Waar komt zijn obsessie voor vuur vandaan? Op zoek naar antwoorden komt ze terecht in het hart van Bostons gevaarlijkste buurten en gaat ze de confrontatie aan met de sluwste psychopaten. Uiteindelijk krijgt ze de antwoorden die ze zocht en volgt er een wending die ze zich nooit had kunnen voorstellen. De hele zaak lijkt een oneindig kat-en-muisspel tussen Avery en de moordenaar, maar de tijd dringt. Uiteindelijk krijgt Avery toch inzicht in het duistere brein van de moordenaar en doet ze ontdekkingen die ze zich in haar ergste nachtmerries niet had kunnen voorstellen. Wederom een zinderende psychologische thriller van formaat. Schuilen voor hoge vlammen is het derde boek in de Avery Black-serie die je beslist slapeloze nachten zal bezorgen. Ook het vierde boek van de Avery Black-serie zal binnenkort beschikbaar zijn. “Een meesterwerk in het thriller- en mystery-genre. Pierce heeft met duidelijk psychologisch inzicht levensechte karakters ontworpen. De lezer kruipt meteen in de huid van de personages en leeft op bijzonder realistische wijze mee met de gebeurtenissen en met de ontwikkelingen die zij doormaken. Een bijzonder spannende verhaallijn en onverwachte wendingen zorgen ervoor dat het boek je tot in de vroege uurtjes wakker zal houden.” – Books and Movies Reviews, Roberto Mattos (over Eens Weg)

  • Cause to Fear (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 4)

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    Cause to Fear (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 4)
    Cause to Fear (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 4)

    From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: Cause to Fear (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 4). When a body turns up floating beneath the frozen Charles River, the Boston Police summons its most brilliant and controversial homicide detective—Avery Black—to close the case. It doesn’t take Avery long, however, to realize that this is no isolated murder: it is the work of a serial killer. Other bodies begin to turn up, all of them sharing one thing in common: all are trapped in ice. Is it all a coincidence—or the signature of a particularly deranged killer? As the media converges and Avery suffers pressure from her bosses, she struggles to crack the inexplicable case, too bizarre even for her brilliant mind. At the same time she tries to keep her own depression at bay, as her personal life spirals to a new low. And she does it all while trying to enter the mind of a psychotic and elusive killer. What she will find will shock even her, and make her realizes that nothing is what it seems—and that the worst darkness may sometimes be closest to us. A psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Cause to Fear is book #4 in a riveting series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night.

  • Cause to Save (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 5)

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    Cause to Save (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 5)
    Cause to Save (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 5)

    “A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.” --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone) From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense: CAUSE TO SAVE (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 5). In CAUSE TO SAVE, serial killer Howard Randall has escaped, and the entire city of Boston is on edge. Women are turning up gruesomely murdered, and everyone suspects Howard is at it again. When Boston’s most brilliant and controversial homicide detective—Avery Black—is herself stalked—and when people close to her are brutally killed, one by one—it seems the city’s worst fears are confirmed. But Avery is not so sure. The murders remind her of something she once saw in her past. They remind her of something too close to her heart—something that had to do with a secret she thought she had buried long ago…. The most riveting and shocking book of the series, a psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, CAUSE TO SAVE will leave you turning pages late into the night. “A masterpiece of thriller and mystery. Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side, so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and, cheer for their success. The plot is very intelligent and will keep you entertained throughout the book. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.” --Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)

  • Cause to Dread (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 6)

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    Cause to Dread (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 6)
    Cause to Dread (An Avery Black Mystery—Book 6)

    From #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense—the Avery Black series—which continues here with Cause to Dread, also a standalone novel. A woman turns up dead in her own apartment, locked in her closet, her body crawling with poisonous spiders, and the Boston police are stumped. As all of their leads collapse, they are dreading the killer will strike again. Desperate, the police have no choice but to turn to Boston’s most brilliant and controversial homicide detective—Avery Black. Now retired, Avery, in a low point in her own life, reluctantly agrees to help with the case. But when other bodies start turning up, murdered in grotesque and unusual ways, Avery can’t help but wonder: is there a serial killer on the loose? With the intense media pressure and the stress of having a new, inexperienced partner, Avery is pushed to her limit as she struggles to crack the bizarre cases—and to keep herself from falling into the abyss. Avery finds herself falling deeper and deeper into the twisted mind of the killer, who holds more secrets than Avery could imagine. The most riveting and shocking book of the series, a psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, Cause to Dread will leave you turning pages late into the night.

  • Avery Black Mystery Bundle: Cause to Kill (#1) and Cause to Run (#2)

    Avery Black Mystery Bundle: Cause to Kill (#1) and Cause to Run (#2)
    Avery Black Mystery Bundle: Cause to Kill (#1) and Cause to Run (#2)

    “A dynamic story line that grips from the first chapter and doesn't let go.” --Midwest Book Review, Diane Donovan (regarding Once Gone) From #1 bestselling mystery author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense. A bundle of books #1 (CAUSE TO KILL) and #2 (CAUSE TO RUN) in Blake Pierce’s Avery Black Mystery series! This bundle offers books one and two in one convenient file, with over 100,000 words of reading. In CAUSE TO KILL, Homicide Detective Avery Black has been through hell. Once a top criminal defense attorney, she fell from grace when she managed to get a brilliant Harvard professor off—only to watch him kill again. She lost her husband and her daughter, and her life fell apart around her. Trying to redeem herself, Avery has turned to the other side of the law. Working her way up the ranks, she has reached Homicide Detective, to the scorn of her fellow officers, who still remember what she did, and who will always hate her. Yet even they cannot deny Avery’s brilliant mind, and when a disturbing serial killer strikes fear into the heart of Boston, killing girls from elite colleges, it is Avery that they turn to. It is Avery’s chance to prove herself, to finally find the redemption she craves. And yet, as she is soon to find out, Avery has come up against a killer as brilliant and daring as she. In CAUSE TO RUN, a new serial killer is stalking Boston, killing his victims in bizarre ways, taunting the police with mysterious puzzles that reference the stars. As the stakes are upped and the pressure is on, the Boston Police Department is forced to call in its most brilliant—and most controversial—homicide detective: Avery Black. Avery, still reeling from her last case, finds herself up against a rival precinct and a brilliant, cunning killer who is always one step ahead of her. She is forced to enter his dark, twisted mind as he lays clues for his next killing, and forced to look into places in her own mind she would rather not go. Dark psychological thrillers with heart-pounding suspense, the AVERY BLACK MYSTERY series is a riveting new series—with a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into the night. Book #3 in the Avery Black series will be available soon.

Author

Blake Pierce

Blake Pierce is author of the #1 bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which include the mystery suspense thrillers ONCE GONE (book #1), ONCE TAKEN (book #2) and ONCE CRAVED (#3). An avid reader and lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you, so please feel free to visit www.blakepierceauthor.com to learn more and stay in touch.

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