Duane Swierczynski
The night before a big meeting, Jack Eisley is sitting in an airport bar in Philadelphia, chatting up a pretty young blonde. Sure, Jack has a wife and daughter at home, but this is just a little harmless flirting. Harmless, that is, until the blonde leans forward and says, â€œI poisoned your drink.â€,She tells Jack that unless she can keep someone within ten feet of her at all times, sheâ€™ll die. And if he wants the antidote, heâ€™ll have to take her back to his hotel room and promise to stay by her side.,Jack thinks: psycho. But as the violent night wears on, and he encounters a relentless government assassin, a threatening voice on a cell phone, a deadly waitress, dirty cops, and shady cab driversâ€¦,He begins to believe her.
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The Blonde