Franco 4 - Last Call Chapter 30 Tuesday morning Frank has the shakes so bad she can’t hold her coffee during the drive to work. When she walks into the station Romanowski slams the desk phone down and yells her name. Everything is too loud. “This is a citizen with good timing,” the sergeant booms...
Franco 5 - End of Watch CHAPTER 34 Frank snapped out of a doze to see an elderly white woman walking from the direction of her father’s grave. “Oh, shit.” Rocketing from the car, Frank trotted up to the departing woman. “Excuse me. Are you here for the Deluca funeral?” The woman stared with wide,...
Franco 3 - Cry Havoc 15 Driving home one late night, Frank had heard a telepathic spy on a talk show share his vision of the world’s end. He saw the jet stream swooping down close to earth and wreaking havoc with agriculture. He predicted mass starvation, particularly in Third World countries. Ev...
Franco 2 - Street Rules Chapter Nineteen The squad room was dark except for a light from Frank’s office. She’d spent two hours with Claudia and Gloria Estrella. Now she was updating her notes. When she was done with that she was going to compare them to Nook and Bobby’s for discrepancies. Schuber...
Franco 1 - Bleeding Out 25 Her detectives were used to the click of Frank’s Italian loafers, and when she padded into the squad room in sneakers, they were surprised to see her. “Dude-ess,” Noah greeted affectionately, and Johnnie dropped his feet off his desk, grinning a little too broadly. He d...