Shortly after Jackie turned seventeen, both of her parents were killed in a car crash on the FDR. And she was left to raise her three younger siblings on her own. It was a huge responsibility for a teenager, but she’d met the challenge head-on. The way she always did. Her brothers and sisters had...
Jay asked, taking a deep breath of salt air.“I love it,” Sally answered, clutching her sandals in one hand as she walked beside Jay, cool, dry sand pushing between her toes. “I didn’t have much of a chance to enjoy it as a little girl.”“But I thought you grew up in Gloucester.”“I did,” she agreed...
The situation had reached a critical stage and Kohler had to prioritize. Christian Gillette had to be his sole focus at this point. Kohler pressed his right arm against his torso as he leaned against the wall just outside a security checkpoint of the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, feeling the pistol ...
I’m not that worried about Mary, but Reggie seemed pretty concerned so I’ll listen to his advice. After all, he’s a cop and he doesn’t strike me as the type to get worked up over nothing. It’ll be interesting to see if Mary shows up at Bedford tomorrow and, if she does, how she acts. If I go in, ...
He held his breath as he came around the corner of the living room, then let out a long sigh of relief. Thank God. The Kid was fast asleep on the couch. Just like he'd been last night at twelve-thirty, when Jack finally got home. He took a deep whiff of the Vermont roast wafting toward him from t...
It was a warm, crystal-clear, late-spring afternoon, and the trees blanketing the rolling hills of western Maryland were bursting with blossoms and new leaves—a lighter green than they would be after they were fully grown in. “Can I offer you something to drink? A beer, ma...
Many of the same people who’d attended her announcement in the Supreme Court building were here tonight. Governor Falkner, Lieutenant Governor Paulson, nearly all the General Assembly senators and delegates, Richmond Mayor Eleanor Bush, as well as a huge gathering of the press corps including rep...
SCOTT DAVIS was the chief neurosurgeon at the Medical Center of Virginia in downtown Richmond and, according to the head of anesthesiology at St. Christopher’s, also a leading authority on biochemical nanotechnology research. Gillette had handed the project of finding a na...
Most times you can’t predict exactly where or when it will come. All you can do is prepare and try to anticipate what the enemy will do, then counter with everything you have when the guns go off. “THANKS FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.” Hansen pumped Gillette’s hand energetically. “...
The antebellum homes overlooking the Fan’s tree-lined streets are large but built close together, with small yards taken up mostly by flower gardens. Over the years many of the old homes have been divided into apartments, so the Fan is densely populated. Health food stores, art galleries, and off...
No. From his prone position beside a large boulder, Cole inspected the house one more time, staring through the powerful pair of binoculars he had purchased at one of the outfitter shops down the street from the general store in Powell. Here. You take a look, my eyes are tired. Tori took the bino...
He inhaled deeply, held his breath for several moments, then slowly tilted his head back and blew thick, pungent smoke toward the ceiling. He was in no rush. He had negotiated many times before and was acutely aware of the value gained from projecting indifference in these situations. David Mitch...
He never had before, but Bill was requiring it this time. He’d made them wait until nightfall, too, so they had the cover of darkness. Because Travers was with Troy, Bill had claimed—he was taking absolutely no chances on anyone seeing that. But Troy had a feeling Bill wou...