Land of the Blind (31 page)

Thanks to Anne Walter, Dan Butterworth, Jim Lynch, Cal Morgan, Lina Perl, Wayne Brookes, and Judith Regan for various acts of criticism, enthusiasm, and patience, and to Tony and Suzanne Bamonte, whose book,
Spokane’s Legendary Davenport Hotel,
was a valuable resource.

RUBY RIDGE

IN CONTEMPT

(WITH CHRISTOPHER DARDEN)

OVER TUMBLED GRAVES

This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. No reference to any real person is intended or should be inferred.

LAND OF THE BLIND
. Copyright © 2003 by Jess Walter. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Walter, Jess, 1969–

Land of the blind: a novel / Jess Walter.—1st ed.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-06-039439-01.

1. Police—Washington (State)—Spokane—Fiction. 2. Spokane (Wash.)—Fiction. 3. Policewomen—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3573.A4722834 L36 2003

813'.54—dc21

2002031858

03 04 05 06 07 WBC/RRD 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Epub Edition © JUNE 2012 ISBN: 9780062036957