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The Night Agent
Author: Matthew Quirk
Copyright: 2019
Copyright: 2019
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
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Excerpt: The burial was at Oak Hill Cemetery, a beautiful stretch of woods on the other side of Georgetown, on a hillside above Rock Creek. Excerpt Page Number: 65
Address:
30th and R Streets, NW 20007
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
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Excerpt: He didn't want to draw attention to himself, so as the last mourners streamed through the gates, he crossed the street and stood under a bare tree in Montrose Park. It was uphill from the cemetery, and he could see the burial through the crypts. Excerpt Page Number: 66
Address:
30th and R Streets, NW 20007
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
Main Themes:
Excerpt: Peter crossed and signaled, and Rose picked up the A spot once again.
There were more people here, outside the Columbia Heights Metro station and a three story mall. It would be hard terrain even for an experienced tracker. Excerpt Page Number: 97
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
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Excerpt: Fletcher's Cove was an inlet tucked in the woods along the Potomac, about twelve minutes out of town at this time of night. Beside it there was a gravel parking lot and a boat rental spot, all inside the C&O Canal park. This late you could count on it being empty. Excerpt Page Number: 140
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
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Excerpt: Through a guarded gate, in a flash of white, he saw an old brick house on a hill. President Lincoln's Cottage. He had heard of this place but had never visited: Lincoln's summer home during the Civil War, where he drafted the Emancipation Proclamation. Now it was nestled on the grounds of the Old Soldiers' Home, a retirement village for veterans, surrounded by cemeteries and parks. Excerpt Page Number: 250
Address:
140 Rock Creek Church Rd NW 20011
Setting Year:
Setting Decade: 2010s
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Excerpt: Greg stood on the sidewalk outside DC General Hospital and pulled on his cigarette. This was the meeting site that he had given Peter and Rose. Ileana was keeping a lookout on the west side.
The hospital had been abandoned years ago and was now surrounded by a chain-link fence. A host of community health service and other municipal buildings adjacent to it still seemed to be in operation, though their parking lots were empty on this weekend afternoon. Excerpt Page Number: 348