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Shady Cross by James Hankins

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Shady Cross, March 2015
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SHADY CROSS
By: James Hankins

Thomas & Mercer
March 2015
On Sale: February 24, 2015
Featuring: Stokes
ISBN: 1477820981
EAN: 9781477820988
Kindle: B00M2INCN0
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In one hand, small-time crook Stokes holds a backpack stuffed with someone else’s moneyβ€”three hundred and fifty thousand dollars of it.

In the other hand, Stokes has a cell phone, which he found with the money. On the line, a little girl he doesn’t know asks, β€œDaddy? Are you coming to get me? They say if you give them the money they’ll let you take me home.”

From bestselling author James Hankins comes a wrenching story of an unscrupulous man torn between his survival instincts and the plight of a true innocent. Faced with the choice, Stokes discovers his conscience might not be as corroded as he thought.