Harry Hassock, Dade County’s newly appointed Curator of Fine Furniture, was steamed. “Why do you people keep picking on us?” he screeched, waving the newspaper. I could barely see the man over his teakwood desk, which was nine feet high and tastefully trimmed with polished emeralds. “Mr. Hassock,...
My orders are to be followed. When I say that a man must be guarded, I speak for the state and for the Party. I must be obeyed. You listen to stupid rumors like old women, and you behave as donkeys. I am still the deputy minister, and I still command here.” Wang Bin burst into the attic cell. In ...
It had been awhile since a woman had been on the island, and Stranahan wasn’t sure what ought to be done about Joey Perrone. He had no reason to doubt her story, or to believe it. Certainly he had no good cause to get involved, as that surely would bring aggravationmore time on the mainland, for...
Or boarding alone, for that matter. Or with 250 nuns, each of them saying a Rosary. I’m not and never will be a carefree flier, but when duty calls I’ll grit my teeth, inhale a Xanax and step up to the plate. David Feherty had asked me to tag along with him inside the ropes at the Bridgestone Inv...