Sinister Heights (33 page)

Authors: Loren D. Estleman

BOOK: Sinister Heights

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Estleman with his granddaughter, Lydia Morgan Hopper, as he reads her a bedtime story on New Year's Eve 2008. Books are among Lydia's favorite thingsâand “Papa” is quick to encourage this.

Estleman and his wife, Deborah, with the late Elmer Kelton and his wife, Anne Kelton, in 2008. Estleman is holding his Elmer Kelton Award from the German Association for the Study of the Western.

Estleman in front of the Gas City water tower, which he passed by on many a road trip. After titling one of his novels after the town, Estleman was invited for a visit by the mayor, and in February 2008 he was presented the key to the city.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Cover design by Mauricio DÃaz

ISBN: 978-1-5040-2169-2

This edition published in 2015 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

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