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James Kestrel

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Formerly a bar owner, a criminal defense investigator, and an English teacher, James Kestrel is now an attorney practicing throughout the Pacific. His writing has won advance praise from Stephen King, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, Lee Child, Meg Gardiner, James Fallows, Pico Iyer, and numerous other authors. A sailor and world traveler, Kestrel has lived in Taiwan, New Orleans, and a West Texas ghost town. He lives in Volcano, Hawaii.

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“He walked. It wasn’t steady. One of his pupils was twice the size of the other. His gait was uneven and he pulled to the right. Turn him loose in an empty field, and he might wander in circles. McGrady had to nudge his shoulder every ten paces to keep him going straight. He wasn’t about to take his arm. They went back across the quad and up the morgue steps.”
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“It was a complete disaster and no one had done anything wrong.”
James Kestrel, Five Decembers

“If you want to go around again, we can go around again. I just wanted to talk to you. But I’m fine either way.” “Everyone knows if that’d been a fair fight, you’d be dead.” McGrady laughed. “You”
James Kestrel, Five Decembers

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