The Deceived

BRETT BATTLES

DELACORTE PRESS

THE DECEIVED A Delacorte Press Book / July 2008

Published by Bantam Dell A Division of Random House, Inc. New York, New York

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, 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.

All rights reserved Copyright © 2008 by Brett Battles

Book design by Carol Malcolm Russo

Delacorte Press is a registered trademark of Random House, Inc., and the colophon is a trademark of Random House, Inc.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Battles, Brett. The deceived / Brett Battles. p. cm.

eISBN: 978-0-440-33796-6

1. Criminals—Fiction. 2. Organized crime—Fiction. I. Title. PS3602.A923D43 2008 813'.6—dc22 2008001931

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