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    Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds
    Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds
    Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds
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    Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds

    Written by Marcus Sakey

    Narrated by Marcus Sakey

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    FROM THE FOREWORD BY J.A. KONRATH: "Scar Tissue will make your heart race and your heart ache, often in the same sentence."

    Marcus Sakey's thrillers have won numerous awards and been translated into twenty languages. Celebrities like Ben Affleck and Tobey Maguire have snatched up his film rights. Now from the "modern master of suspense" (Chicago Sun-Times) comes seven stories of men and women pushed to—and beyond—the ragged edge:

    —

    * "The Desert Here and the Desert Far Away"
    Nick is back from Iraq, or so he keeps telling himself. But an old squad mate shows there are some battlefields you can't leave behind. (Twice short-listed for Best Short Story of 2009)

    * "Gravity and Need"
    After having sex with a total stranger atop a $3000 television, you're supposed to walk away. But for two lonely people, that's just the beginning of a very complicated relationship.

    * "No One"
    The line between love and obsession is stretched razor-taut in this story where nothing is as it seems—and no one can be trusted.

    * "Cobalt"
    In this comic send-up the dotcom era, as the world panics over the last days of Y2K, one man searches for his soul. If he could only remember where last he saw it...

    * "The Time Before the Last"
    The shortest story I've ever written. It's also inspired three paintings and made my wife cry.

    * "As Breathing"
    Billy Dexter has sworn off killing. But when he falls in love with the wrong woman, Dex discovers murder is a hard habit to break.

    * "The Days When You Were Anything Else"
    Frank has been many things: a conman, a hustler, a thief. But when his little girl finds herself in desperate trouble, he has one final shot at becoming something that matters.

    —

    —-MARCUS SAKEY IS:—-

    "A brilliant writer."
    -The Huffington Post

    "Brainy, twisty, twisted, and entirely ingenious."
    -Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of GONE GIRL

    "One of our best storytellers."
    -Michael Connelly, bestselling author of THE LINCOLN LAWYER

    "Exactly the electric jolt crime fiction needs."
    -Dennis Lehane, bestselling author of MYSTIC RIVER

    "The new reigning prince of crime fiction."
    -The Chicago Tribune

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJun 12, 2012
    ISBN9781455889860
    Scar Tissue: Seven Stories of Love and Wounds
    Author

    Marcus Sakey

    Marcus Sakey’s books have sold more than a million copies and been translated into dozens of languages. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter. For more information, visit www.MarcusSakey.com.

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