“Don’t say it.” “Say what?” “Just don’t.” “I wasn’t going to say a word.” “You get him?” “Yeah. And his phone. I tossed both his and his brother’s into the Seine.” Ruby nods, expressionless. “But I’m uneasy about the computers in his apartment. I couldn’t risk going back there, and once the polic...
Would you listen to me tell it in the present, like it is happening now? It seems I’ve been telling my story and living my story for so long, the two have mixed, and I’m no longer sure which is accurate, which informs the other: the story or the life. I try to tell it the way it happened, as it i...
Whether Hap Blowenfeld or Miguel Cortega are wounded or whether they think they’d have trouble taking me, they failed to finish the job. They will regret this decision. I struggle to my knees and the pain in my side is almost unbearable. Using the dead boy’s headstone for support, I work myself t...
He opened his laptop and performed the keystrokes necessary to pull up all of the information the Agency had about Dan Clausen, the head of District 1, headquartered in New York City. Adams hadn’t spent a lot of time with the man, an occasional Washington summoning, an occasional cyberchat, and A...