by Kira Peikoff
I smile, thinking of the brother he never met. “Just a guess.”
By the grill, I see Ethan slowly stand, his eyes glassy and his fingers clasped at his waist, as though a soldier has finally come home.
I extend my palm to Charlie. “Ready to go meet your dad?”
He slips his small hand into mine. “Let’s go.”
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Kira Peikoff is a graduate of New York University with a degree in journalism. She also holds a Master of Science degree in Bioethics from Columbia University. Her articles have been published in a variety of major media outlets, including The New York Times, and she writes a regular health column for Cosmopolitan.com. She is a member of The American Society of Journalists and Authors, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and young son.
This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, organizations, places and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to real or actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
Copyright © 2019 by Kira Peikoff
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Crooked Lane Books, an imprint of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC.
Crooked Lane Books and its logo are trademarks of The Quick Brown Fox & Company LLC.
Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication data available upon request.
ISBN (hardcover): 978-1-64385-040-5
ISBN (ePub): 978-1-64385-041-2
Cover design by Melanie Sun
Book design by Jennifer Canzone
Printed in the United States.
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First Edition: September 2019
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