She’d thought the hot water would soothe the bruises and aches she’d sustained in the fall. Instead, every insult to her body had come to life with a vengeance. She started down the stairs to find Nick standing near the front door. He looked up as she descended. “Any sign ...
Blood spatters the door behind him, like red paint spattered violently against a canvas. His knees buckle and he falls backward, striking the door on his way down. “Shit,” Tomasetti hisses. And then we’re on our feet, running toward the house. “Irene Mast is inside!” I shout. “She’s armed!” Marcu...
"I must say I'm quite taken with this young woman." The other man tossed back two of the pills and downed them with a gulp of gin. "Did you take care of the lawyer?" "No longer a problem." Two down. Two to go. Relief washed over, him at the prospect of finishing this dreadful assignment. He on...
He couldn’t get the sound of gunfire out of his head. The panic in Marty’s voice. The fear clutching his heart. He spotted the vehicles the instant he turned onto the farm-to-market road. Dugan’s cruiser sitting on the shoulder at a tilted angle. The driver’s-side door ope...