Over the years, Kathy had transformed the formal sitting room into what she called her “woman cave.” She had removed the rocking chairs and love seats and replaced them with a leather recliner, sectional couch, and wide-screen TV, on which she watched nothing but sports. She’d had me over for a P...
The electric wires kept swinging like jump ropes. I thought maybe one of them would snap. You can’t get electrocuted in a car, on account of the rubber wheels, Mr. Mason told us.I kept expecting to see the White Owl around every corner, perched on a fence post.Ma had to lean over the steering whe...
At the reception window, I’d managed to shake loose the Reverend Davies with a promise to continue our conversation later, only to be shepherded quickly by the receptionist into the cluttered, brightly lighted room. I sat alone at the table for a while, examining the ringed Olympics pattern made ...
“You’re sure those are her sunglasses?” “What are the odds that Nissen also wears emerald-green Maui Jims?” The warden investigator studied the crushed patterns left in the grass by the truck. “It looks to me like she might have dropped them without realizing. I’d say they broke when she ran over...
It was a cold, dry, nearly weightless snow, beyond the ability of the snowcats to shape. Skiers zoomed along the trail beside the lodge—momentary flashes of color—and then were swallowed up again by the silent storm. The powder came off my truck with the faintest push of my gloved hand. I didn’t ...