No part of this publication, or parts thereof, may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotes in a review, without the written permission of the publisher. The events and characters in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to any person, living or dead, is merely coincidental. For information, address: The Permanent Press 4170 Noyac Road Sag Harbor, NY 11963 www.thepermanentpress.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Knopf, Chris– Black swan / Chris Knopf. p. cm. — (A Sam Acquillo Hamptons mystery) ISBN 978-1-57962-216-9 (alk. paper) 1. Acquillo, Sam (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Sailing—Fiction. 3. Hotels—Fiction. 4. Fishers Island (N.Y. : Island)—Fiction. I. Title. II. Series. PS3611.N66B57 2011 813'.6—dc22 2011003132 Printed in the United States of America. For the late Samuel Beckett Farrell, Wheaten extraordinaire, who gave me Eddie in whole cloth.