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his playground as a child and his sanctuary as he grew older

and heroism

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Jenkins' class arrive at school one day to discover a substitute creacher has come to put a stop to their monkey business

and get out

The First Victim amy cornwall his playground as a childLieutenant Lou Boldt, the Seattle cop who stars in Ridley Pearson's deservedly popular series, is a sharp and touching figure perhaps the most believable police officer in current fiction. Early in this ninth book about his public and private life, Lou has to put on a bullet resistant vest to lead a raid against some dangerous criminals. "The vest was not physically heavy, but its presence was," Pearson tells us. It meant battle; it meant risk. For