San Diego P.I. Noah Braddock has a six-pack in the fridge, a solid beach view, and a killer past that's come knocking. The snobby mother of Kate, his old high school girlfriend, claims that her daughter is missing, and mom thinks Noah can find her for old time's sake. But what Noah discovers abou...
She'd made breakfast and Elizabeth and I both sat down and ate platefuls of eggs and toast. When we finished, I went and showered and when I was out, Lauren informed me they were going to head out and finish up their shopping from the day before. I glanced up at the stairc...
Lauren observed. Elizabeth and I had gone in from our run and cleaned up. I'd thrown chicken and asparagus on the grill and it was nearly done by the time Lauren got home from work. I put together a salad while the food finished on the grill and the three of us had a perfe...
Jake and I were both cocooned underneath the sheets. He was flat on his back, his eyes shut tight, his arm tucked behind me. I snuggled in closer to him. We'd walked back to the cabin after the karaoke night, Jake stone-faced and pissed off. I'd grabbed his hand and asked ...
“Well, well, well. Fancy meeting you here.” I was surprised by her aggressive tone. It was the exact opposite of how she’d come across in the library. “I was a little surprised to see you here, too,” I said. “Oh. Were you?” s...
She wore a tight camouflage tank top and cargo pants cut off at the knees. The small silver rings were still in her eyebrow and lower lip. With the gun, she looked like some sort of Rastafarian commando.“I thought you were an investigator,” she said, looking at me, her green eyes flashing.“I am.”...
As I drove away from the airport, sheets of rain falling across the windshield like a dam in the sky had burst, I was no longer sure of what I needed to do. I spent the night wrestling with that and awoke the next morning to torrents of rain. I grabbed a jacket for the first time in forever, igno...
Lauren said as soon as the line was dead. “We’re going.” “I know we are.” “Then why’d you tell her you weren’t sure?” The sun was high in the sky behind us, a bright orb in my rearview mirror, and the desert sand and rock had...