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‘Chase’

by James Patterson

When a man falls to his death, it looks like a suicide, but Detective Michael Bennett finds evidence suggesting otherwise. AARP members can read this fast-paced novella here for free.

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‘Chase’ Chapters

Illustration of a man in a suit seen from behind heading toward scaffolding with billowing orange netting

Prologue + Chapters 1-4

At the end of the dark, crowded bar, a man in black twirled an e-cigarette through his fingers

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Illustration of a man wearing a jacket with the letters N Y P D on the back is walking through a clean white-tiled autopsy room with three empty metal tables, a utility sink, a cabinet and a rack with various scales and buckets

I finally arrived back at my apartment that night around five. A message on the fridge said Mary Catherine was out

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Illustration of a man seen in silhouette from behind eating light-colored ice cream while looking out the window of a vehicle towards another vehicle and a gas station

The next day was back at Holy Name, doing my best to dodge basketballs and screaming grammar school tweens

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Illustration of a man sitting at a desk in an austere office with two people seated across from him; out the window, you can see the side of the Washington Monument

I thought we were going to the Pentagon, across the Potomac, but instead we crossed east over

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Illustration of a sign attached to a chain-link fence that reads BLACK HILLS SECURITY INC. Behind the fence is a shooting range, and wood cabin and trailers that are partly visible

An hour later, supplied with a huge coffee and a turkey sandwich from a DC deli, I was behind the wheel

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Illustration of an over-shoulder silhouette of a man heading into a forest; in front of him are two people in bright orange hunting vests who are coming toward him and pointing shotguns at him

Divine waited in the outer office of the comm trailer at Black Hills compound, listening to the boss, Paul Haber

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illustration of two people and a dog at the opening of a dark cave lit by a flashlight one of the people is holding

The whizzing rotors of the black MH-6 chopper that Haber called the Black Egg of Death slammed

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illustration of a man sitting on the floor, back against the wall, a cigarette hanging from his mouth, while another man peers down at him

Chapter 30-32 + Epilogue

I still hadn't heard the chopper coming back but knew it could return at any second. I nudged Justin

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