Buildings had sprouted on the sides of the highway now, and in the distance she saw the Bismarck skyline. The car ride over had been quiet, but every time Lena looked over to her brother it looked as though he meant to rip the steering wheel from the dash. “We should talk about your case.”“After....
He pulled the pair of binoculars to his eyes once more and scanned the marina. The docks were completely empty, and the parking lot was in the same shape. The police tape was still up from the investigation. Mark kept a steady hand on the ship’s wheel, while Dylan was preo...
The misty morning had made for poor visibility, and everyone on board was eager to finally have a chance to stretch their legs on a solid piece of rock instead of the slow, rocking deck of the Sani. The usual scruff that layered Captain Lance Mars’s face had grown into a t...
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Each step forward thrust her foot downward into the hot, grainy earth. It took twice as much effort to trek through the desert as it did on the road. Brooke pulled one of her water bottles from the side carrier of her pack and pulled her shemagh down to take a drink. The...
Inside, a long whiteboard stretched across the entire side wall from the front door to the rear wall with unreadable notes scribbled under mugshots and surveillance pictures. Two desks were joined together, with backlogged case files covering every square inch of desk space stacked a foot high.Be...
When he climbed into the back seat with her, she could tell by the sullen expression on his face that the interaction with Daniel hadn’t gone well. “Are you sure you still don’t want to press charges? If he ends up siding with Jones, it could do you some good to damage h...
The sunlight shining through the window caught the ruby and flashed red across the room like a lighthouse. Rick watched the ring spin in a trance. Just before the ring lost its momentum, Rick gave it another flick, which reignited another invigorating spin, continuing the flash of the ring’s ruby...
Going out into the open exposed both of them to capture and death. But then again, if Chris had been conscious during Jason’s trip to take back the ship, he wouldn’t have agreed with that either. The doctor had done what he could, and now it was all they could do to sit and wait. Jason stayed wit...
Julie slept soundly in the passenger seat. The car was nearly nine years old with over 150,000 miles on it. It wasn’t bad for a car of its age. There had been no major problems with it and it ran pretty well on gas. The lack of fuel was literally grinding the country to a halt, though Paul didn't...
To Sarah, it looked like the computer was winning. Mack didn’t look up from the notepad he scribbled on the entire trip, and when she tried to sneak a peek at what he was writing, he blocked her view. She’d given up after the third attempt, and the pilot kept giving her a ...
Break the tip of the fleet off and send them scattering!” Jason stepped over the massive lines of rope holding the cannons in place in the gunnery beneath the deck of the ship as the crew scrambled to action. The Chinese fleet seemed to have come out of nowhere, and while ...