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Blood Will Tell
By Jean Lorrah

Published by Awe-Struck E-Books

Copyright ┬й2001

ISBN: 1-58749-093-5

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DEDICATION To Winston, for the inspiration, and Roberta, for the setting. To the Murray, Kentucky,
Police Department, especially the help of Larry Killebrew and Ronald Wisehart. And, with thanks for
their contributions, Jacqueline, Judi, Katie, K. L., Lois, Margaret, and Susan

FOREWORD
Welcome to a new adventure. Although I have had sixteen novels published before this one, this is only
my second attempt at a contemporary work of fiction. The first is the children's book,Nessie and the
Living Stone , in collaboration with Lois Wickstrom. As you read, please feel free to guess what is really
happening in the fictional city of Murphy, Kentucky. If I've done what I intended, each time you think you
know, the ground will shift under you once again.

In researching this book, I had the cooperation of the police in Murray, Kentucky. There I discovered
that police procedures in small cities in America's heartland are not the big-city tactics seen in books,
films and television. They simply don't have the crime scene units and forensics specialists I had in my first
draft. I came away from my experience with the local police with deep admiration for their
professionalism under difficult circumstances.

My fictional Murphy, Kentucky, police department is not run exactly the way the Murray police
department is -- that was necessary for my plot. However, good cops working hard for low pay, without
high-tech equipment, yet doing an amazingly fine job despite budget restraints is an accurate picture of
Murray's police. I hope I have conveyed the essence if not the actuality.

Geographically, my fictional community of Murphy sits right on Murray's site. Its people have the
ingrained sense of fair play that governs the real West Kentucky community. Some of the chain stores are
even the same (and some are not). However, no one in this book is based on any real person, nor do the
crimes committed, to my knowledge, resemble any real crimes committed in my home town. I hope the
residents of Murray will take all the favorable aspects of Murphy as a tribute, and all its unfavorable ones
as fiction.

I believe in interaction between writers and readers, and invite comments on my work. Send them to
[email protected].

To keep in touch with readers, I attend two or three conventions and conferences every year, and
occasionally teach writing workshops. I also keep my website, http://www.jeanlorrah.com, updated with
all my latest news and activities.

I'm happy to provide information on my projects, or answer the kinds of questions that require just a few