DISPOSABLE MAN Svetlana Chmakova The Owl Who Came for

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A man just out of prison balances the uneasy weight of family and freedom

She's obligated to marry the man who had paid her passage

or lack thereof

DISPOSABLE MAN Svetlana Chmakova The Owl Who Came forWhen a local quarry yields up a garroted body with bad dental work and toes tattooed in Cyrillic, Joe Gunther figures it for a Russian mafia killing, rare as that might be in Vermont. But it's so very tidy. So very professional. Then the CIA calls, inviting Gunther down to Washington for some friendly assistance with his case. Suddenly he's caught up a shadowy game of cross and double cross manipulated by cynical cold warriors who seem not to have