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       INSIDE A KILLER’S LAIR

      Markham felt a cool breeze rush past, and after a moment heard a clanging sound coming from another part of the cellar. He cracked open his eyes and quickly scanned his body. He was tied up, but not down to anything; he could roll over onto his back if he wished. Yes, he had to be in the Impaler’s cellar—the cement walls, the trickling sound of the blood and water running down the floor drain.

      Footsteps approaching again and Markham shut his eyes—another cool breeze and the sense of movement behind him. His mind spun furiously; he was starting to panic, felt as if any second he would open his eyes and try to bolt—when all of a sudden he felt the Impaler’s arms slipping underneath his torso.

      Markham’s muscles tensed. He thought surely the Im-paler had to have felt them tense, too—but a moment later he was being lifted off the workbench.

      I’m to be next, he thought. Whatever the Impaler did to the others before he skewered them he intends to do to me …

       Books by Gregory Funaro

      THE SCULPTOR

      THE IMPALER

      Published by Kensington Publishing Corporation

      THE

      IMPALER

      GREGORY

      FUNARO

      

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      Copyright © 2011 Gregory Funaro

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      This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      eISBN-13: 978-0-7860-2787-3

       eISBN-10: 0-7860-2787-8

      First printing: February 2011

      10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

      Printed in the United States of America

       For John Scognamiglio and Michael Combs

      Contents

      INSIDE A KILLER’S LAIR

      Books by Gregory Funaro

      Prologue

      PART I ENTERING

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Chapter 31

       Chapter 32

       Chapter 33

       Chapter 34

       Chapter 35

       Chapter 36

       Chapter 37

       Chapter 38

       Chapter 39

       Chapter 40

       Chapter 41

       PART III INTERSECTING

       Chapter 42

       Chapter 43

       Chapter 44

       Chapter 45

       Chapter 46

       Chapter 47

       Chapter 48

       Chapter 49

       Chapter 50

       Chapter 51

       Chapter 52

       Chapter 53

       PART IV EXITING

       Chapter 54

       Chapter 55

       Chapter 56

       Chapter 57

       Chapter 58

       Chapter 59

       Chapter 60

       Chapter 61

       Chapter 62

       Chapter 63