Off the Chart (34 page)

Blackwater Sound (2001)

Rough Draft (2000)

Body Language (1998)

Red Sky at Night (1997)

Buzz Cut (1996)

Gone Wild (1995)

Mean High Tide (1994)

Hard Aground (1993)

Bones of Coral (1992)

Tropical Freeze (1990)

Under Cover of Daylight (1987)

Hot Damn! (2001)

Thanks to Stephen Bell and Garry Kravit, who kept me flying straight and true. To Arthur Lane, who untangled the high-tech aspects. To Richard and Charlie for their unfailing editorial support, clarity, and great ideas. Deepest thanks to Vaughn Morrison, a man who is truly at home in the natural world and whose knowledge of birds and beasts and the sky above is a constant inspiration.

OFF THE CHART
. Copyright © 2003 by James W. Hall. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hall, James W. (James Wilson).

Off the chart: a novel / James W. Hall.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN: 978-1-4299-0504-6

1. Thorn (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Florida Keys (Fla.)—Fiction. 3. Central America—Fiction. 4. Policewomen—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3558.A369O36 2003
813'.54—dc21

2002191965