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Beginning

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Where’s Molly

Shallow River

Does It Hurt?

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Cover image: © zero0clock photography, © Gary Bush / Getty; © Kamil Hajek, © baxys, © Holiday.Photo.Top, © Everett Collection, © FeelGoodLuck / Shutterstock OceanofPDF.com Playlist IMPORTANT NOTE AUTHOR’S NOTE GLOSSARY May 26, 1944 PROLOGUE Chapter 1: THE PHANTOM Chapter 2: THE RAVEN March 22, 1944 Chapter 3: THE RAVEN April 4, 1944 Chapter 4: THE PHANTOM April 11, 1944 Chapter 5: THE RAVEN April 12, 1944 Chapter 6: THE PHANTOM Chapter 7: THE RAVEN May 3, 1944 Chapter 8: THE RAVEN May 25, 1944 Chapter 9: THE RAVEN June 7, 1944 Chapter 10: THE PHANTOM June 8, 1944 Chapter 11: THE RAVEN July 7, 1944 Chapter 12: THE RAVEN Chapter 13: THE RAVEN August 14, 1944 Chapter 14: THE PHANTOM Chapter 15: THE PHANTOM Chapter 16: THE RAVEN September 10, 1944 Chapter 17: THE PHANTOM Chapter 18: THE PHANTOM September 16, 1944 Chapter 19: THE RAVEN Chapter 20: THE RAVEN Chapter 21: THE PHANTOM September 18, 1944 Chapter 22: THE RAVEN Chapter 23: THE RAVEN Chapter 24: THE PHANTOM Chapter 25: THE RAVEN September 22, 1944 Chapter 26: THE RAVEN Chapter 27: THE PHANTOM November 17, 1944 Chapter 28: THE RAVEN December 22, 1944 Chapter 29: THE RAVEN January 14, 1945 Chapter 30: THE PHANTOM Chapter 31: THE PHANTOM February 12, 1945 Chapter 32: THE RAVEN March 9, 1945 Chapter 33: THE RAVEN May 16, 1946 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ZADE AND ADELINE BONUS SCENE BY H. D. CARLTON: THE MANIPULATOR ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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