French, he thought, though he wasn’t certain. Not many questions are asked in the off-the-books economy. He had worked for them for less than two months. He hadn’t talked much. Hadn’t made friends. All they really knew about him was that he would work for six dollars an hour.He had picked up his ...
on the edge of the high desert. This was as far as you could get from the center of the city and still be within the county. Tract after tract of housing developments spread out in every direction where desert used to be. Lawns replaced tumbleweed. Ninety-minute commutes redefined the limits of c...