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Some men break safes with dynamite. Some with patience. And one with a secret that should never have existed.When a railroad safe is opened without force, without damage, and without witnesses, the company panics. The money taken is small. The ledger stolen is not. Rook Mercer is called in to find the thief-and quickly discovers this wasn't an inside job, a sloppy clerk, or a rival railroad. The safe was opened correctly. Which means the man who did it knew something no one was supposed to know. Cass Fenwick-gambler, journalist, and professional reader of patterns-spots the truth first: every robbery involves the same make of safe. No violence. No mistakes. Just disappointment... and escalation. Their hunt leads them from dusty rail towns to the heart of New York, into the offices of Embleton & White-the most trusted safe company in the country-and to a name that should never surface: Edwin McCall. A former employee. A master technician. A man who knows the second combination. McCall never meant to steal a ledger. He only took it because the money wasn't there. But now that ledger holds secrets powerful men will kill to recover-and Mercer and Fenwick are racing not just to catch McCall, but to reach him before the railroad does. Because in the West, the truth is dangerous. And knowledge travels faster than bullets.

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