Psych: Mind-Altering Murder

216 Pages·2011·0.92 MB·English

by  William Rabkin

001
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication

Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
Chapter Twenty-three
Chapter Twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-five
Chapter Twenty-six
Chapter Twenty-seven
Chapter Twenty-eight
Chapter Twenty-nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-one
Chapter Thirty-two
Chapter Thirty-three
Chapter Thirty-four
Chapter Thirty-five
Chapter Thirty-six
Chapter Thirty-seven
Chapter Thirty-eight

Acknowledgements
About the Author
IT TAKES TWO TO UNTANGLE....
The next day, instead of going back into the game, he decided to spend his time
on the outside, thinking about the clue. He looked at it from every angle and
replaced every move. He Googled the name Fawn Liebowitz, even though he
knew exactly where the programmer had taken it from, and even though the fact
that she was known only for dying in a kiln explosion would do him no good at
all.
And then he realized the one piece he hadn’t played with yet. She was a
student. That was the key. There had to be some secret code that only students
knew, some special way to talk to them. That would make sense, since most of
the game’s audience would be college kids desperate for an excuse not to study.
The only trouble was Shawn had never been to college. He hadn’t been a
student since he’d graduated from high school, and while he had talked to a lot
of college girls, the subject of their studies somehow never came up.
But that wasn’t a problem. Because Gus had actually been to college. And in
his years there, he had spent some time in every major they had on offer. For all
Shawn knew he might have even spent some time in this so-called library
science, if such a thing really existed. If there was anything to know about
college life, Gus would know it. Shawn grabbed for the phone and started to
dial.
And then he remembered. Gus didn’t work for Psych anymore.
And Gus would never work for Psych again.
THE PSYCH SERIES
Mind-Altering Murder
A Fatal Frame of Mind
Call of the Mild
Mind Over Magic
A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read

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