Switch by John Lutz

his way back to the van. Bingham was still inside, curled into a ball and playing dead. Daniel shot him in the testicles and Bingham began to wail. Daniel knew no one would hear even if they were nearby.
    Still cuffed, he began his search for keys.
    Five minutes later Bingham watched through the van’s distorted rear window as a limping Daniel Danielle disappeared into the rain and wind.
    Within minutes the hurricane sweeping across the state hit the area in earnest.
    Chad Bingham would later testify in his hospital bed that Daniel almost certainly died from his wounds or from Hurricane Sophia. There was no way he could have survived out in the open as he’d been, without any nearby shelter.
    It was Bingham who died from his wounds.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
    A multiple Edgar and Shamus Award–winner, including the Shamus Lifetime Achievement Award, John Lutz is the author of more than thirty books. His novel SWF Seeks Same was made into the hit movie Single White Female , and The Ex was a critically acclaimed HBO feature. His recent titles include Serial, Mister X, and Urge to Kill . He lives in St. Louis, Missouri, and Sarasota, Florida.

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    ISBN: 978-0-7860-3076-7
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    First electronic edition: June 2012
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