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THE POET
by
MICHAEL CONNELLY
The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity
to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental and not intended by the
author.
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Copyright 0 1996 by Hieronymous, Inc.
All rights reserved.
This book was originally published in hardcover by Little, Brown and
Company.
Warner Vision is a registered trademark of Warner Books, Inc.
Cover design by Whitney Cookman Cover illustration by Tom Tafuri Warner
Books, Inc. 1271 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 A Time Warner
Company Printed in the United States of America First International
Paperback Printing-. July, 1996 First Warner Books Printing: January,
1997
10987654321 passion and precision of an undertaker-somber and
sympathetic about it when I''m with the bereaved, a skilled craftsman
with it when I''m alone. I''ve always thought the secret of dealing with
death was to keep it at arm''s length. That''s the rule. Don''t let it
breathe in your face.
But my rule didn''t protect me. When the two detectives came for me and