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In the Shadow of the Law (Hardcover)
by
Kermit Roosevelt (Author)
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Excerpt from In the Shadow of the Law by Kermit Roosevelt. Copyright © 2005 by Kermit Roosevelt. To be published in June, 2005 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.
PROLOGUE
September 23, 1999
Alanton, Virginia, 6:30 a.m.
Detective Ray Robideaux pulled his cruiser to the curb in front of a small clapboard house. Morning shadows hung long down the empty street. People in this neighborhood tended to sleep in, perhaps because few of them had much to get up early for. Through the quiet air Robideaux could hear the rumble of traffic from a highway overpass. Approaching the house, he flipped open the snap of his holster and glanced at his partner. Bill Campbell’s gun was already out, held low at his side. Robideaux tried the doorknob, which turned in his hand, and he knocked. The wood was soft under his knuckles and resounded hollowly. “Police,” he called. “We have a warrant to enter this building.” By his side Campbell counted seconds off in a whisper. At eight he nodded and Robideaux threw the door open.