title: A Breach In Death
author:  Matt Thomas 
description: <div>"The plot was amazing. From the Reapers, to the city, to the disrupting of the balance between life and death, everything was sparkling with imagination, creativity and originality . . . The world after death, the Reaper's world, really came to life from the pages." - <i>I Heart Reading Blog</i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div></div> <i></i><br /><br />&quot;A very thought provoking, action-packed novel that keeps you wanting more.&quot; -Jessica Loudermilk, Content Editor, <i>UNsung Magazine</i><br /><br />"This ambitious first novel, <i>A Breach in Death</i>, is not only a compelling story about the forces of good and evil, redemption, sacrifice, but also a commentary on the importance the ordinary man plays in upholding social justice." -<i>The Writing Disorder</i>
zlib_text:   
  
  Patricia Highsmith
  
   **Ripley’s Game**
  
  1974
  
    
  
   **1**
  
    
  
  ‘THERE’S no such thing as a perfect murder,’ Tom said to Reeves. ‘That’s just
  a parlour game, trying to dream one up. Of course you could say there are a
  lot of unsolved murders. That’s different.’ Tom was bored. He walked up and
  down in front of his big fireplace, where a small but cosy fire crackled. Tom
  felt he had spoken in a stuffy, pontificating way. But the point was, he
  couldn’t help Reeves, and he’d already told him that.
  
  ‘Yes, sure,’ said Reeves. He was sitting in one of the yellow silk armchairs,
  his lean figure hunched forward, hands clasped between his knees. He had a
  bony face, short, light-brown hair, cold grey eyes – not a pleasant face but a
  face that might have been rather handsome if not for a scar that travelled
  five inches from his right temple across his cheek almost to his mouth.
  Slightly pinker than the rest of his face, the scar looked like a bad job of
  stitching, or as if perhaps it had never b