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L AU R A L I P PM A N to the power of three FO R NANCY GOLDMAN GREENBERG My Life had stood—a Loaded gun— In Corners—till a Day The Owner passed—identified— And carried Me away— . . . Though I than He—may longer live He longer must—than I— For I have but the power to kill, Without—the power to die —EMILY DICKINSON Three can keep a secret, if two are dead. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Contents Epigraph Thursday 1 People would want to know what she was thinking, the… 3 Part One: The Lost Tribe of the Ka-pe-jos Friday 2 When the shooting started, Alexa Cunningham was looking at Anita… 13 3 When Baltimore County began training its police officers in the… 27 4 The things we can do without thinking, Dale Hartigan 35 decided… 5 “Saving Private Ryan,”Colin said… 47 6 When Josie woke at 2:00 A.M., she had no confusion about… 55 Third Grade 7 Josie Patel, assigned to the front row because she was… 67 Part Two: Death, Near and Certain Saturday 8 It was still early, not even 7:00 A.M., when Eve Muhly… 87 9 Harold Lenhardt had made sergeant twice in his life, first… 99 10 “Is it too late for tulips?” Susannah Goode asked the… 108 11 Josie was alone with her mother when the two strange… 116 12 “Do you want anything from downstairs? Zip’s going to the… 127 Sixth Grade 13 The summer before the girls were to enter sixth grade… 137 Part Three: Falling In Love With Jesus Sunday 14 Lenhardt lay in bed, listening to his family get ready… 163 15 Alexa had her Sunday routine down pat—the gym, then… 173 16 Out-of-towners have been known to compare the train’seye… 182 Nineth Grade 17 Thirty years ago, back when Thornton Hartigan was still wondering… 195 Part Four: Last Year’s Funeral Monday 18 “What do you want?” Chloe said by way of greeting… 209 19 Alexa had neither office nor classroom in Glendale, a situation… 218 20 Peter knew it was a bad idea to go to… 227 21 The Kahns were adamant that they did not want to… 233 22 “That was soooooooo queer,” Lila said… 243 Tuesday 23 Back when Lenhardt was coming up, he had a sergeant… 251 24 The lot in Loudon Cemetery was desirable, assuming such a term… 258 Eleventh Grade 25 In the spring of the girls’ junior year, three soccer… 275 Part Five: There won’t be trumpets Wednesday 26 Infante liked to say he could smell crazy on a… 287 27 In the thirty-five years since Thornton Hartigan had first fixed… 298 28 A floater couldn’t help losing things, Alexa told herself, pawing… 307 29 Josie was lying on the sofa in the family room… 316 30 Dannon Estes could tell he made the detectives uncomfortable. Some... 324 31 It was his mom’s idea to cut flowers from her… 333 32 Alexa liked the bar—“No, really,” she found herself saying… 346 Twelfth Grade 33 Old Giff, as theater teacher Ted Gifford was known throughout… 359 Part Six: Commencement 34 Graduat ion day started with a yellow-red haze on the horizon… 369 35 Dale Hartigan remembered exactly one thing about his own graduation… 380 36 Senior Ramble sucked sober, Peter Lasko was realizing. Or maybe… 388 37 In April of junior year, Kat checked her SAT scores… 401 August 38 Every August in Maryland, there comes a moment when the… 417 Author’s Note About the Author Other Books by Laura Lippman Credits Cover Copyright About the Publisher t h u r s d a y
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