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It was a scam, but then the scam had gone horribly wrong…
In this short story from the thrilling anthology MatchUp, bestselling authors Karin Slaughter and Michael Koryta—along with their popular series characters Jeffrey Tolliver and Joe Pritchard—team up for the first time ever.
Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular storytellers. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-five novels, with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix series. The Will Trent show is on ABC/Disney+. Slaughter wrote the limited series adaptation of The Good Daughter for TV.
Karin Slaughter is also the founder of the Save the Libraries project - a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.
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Michael Koryta
Michael Koryta is the New York Times bestselling author of fourteen novels. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages and has won or been nominated for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Edgar Award, Shamus Award, Barry Award, Quill Award, International Thriller Writers Award and the Golden Dagger.
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