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...she opened the door very slowly and carefully, half hiding behind it, as if badly frightened of what might be waiting for her on the other side. And considering that it was me waiting, this showed rare common sense.

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Jeff Lindsay
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 14
Novelist
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Writer
Miami
Florida
Jeffry P. Freundlich
Jeffry P. Lindsay
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