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Authors: Warren Murphy

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The recipient of a dozen national awards, Murphy has been called “a mentor and teacher to a whole generation of crime and thriller writers” by
Encyclopedia Mysteriosa.
Also a screenwriter, Murphy cowrote
The Eiger Sanction,
which starred Clint Eastwood, as well as
Lethal Weapon 2
.

Murphy has served on the board of the Mystery Writers of America. He has been a member of the Private Eye Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, the American Crime Writers League, and the Screenwriters Guild.
Warren Murphy
passed away in September 2015. You can sign up for email updates
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A
LSO BY
W
ARREN
M
URPHY

SERIES

The Destroyer Series
(with Richard Sapir)

The Legacy Series
(with Gerald Welch)

The Trace Series

Trace

And 47 Miles of Rope

When Elephants Forget

Pigs Get Fat

Once a Mutt

Too Old a Cat

Getting Up with Fleas

The Digger Series

Smoked Out

Fool’s Flight

Dead Letter

Lucifer’s Weekend

OTHER NOVELS

The Red Moon

The Ceiling of Hell

*
The Forever King
(with Molly Cochran)

*
Grandmaster
(with Molly Cochran)

The Temple Dogs
(with Molly Cochran)

*
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Epigraph

Prologue

Part One: Nilo

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Part Two: Tommy

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Warren Murphy

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

BLOODLINE

Copyright © 2015 by Warren Murphy

All rights reserved.

Cover art by Roy Bishop/Arcangel Images

Cover design by Peter Lutjen

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:

Murphy, Warren.

    Bloodline / by Warren Murphy.—First trade paperback edition.

        p. cm.

    “A Forge Book.”

    ISBN 978-0-7653-7796-8 (hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-4668-5846-6 (e-book)

    1. Families—New York (State)—Fiction.   2. Organized crime—New York (State)—Fiction.   3. Mafia—New York (State)—History—20th century—Fiction.   I. Title.

    PS3563.U7634B58 2015

    813'.54—dc23

2015023341

e-ISBN 9781466858466

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First Edition: November 2015

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