She stared at the calendar on the wall. Someone had already turned the page to September, where a red circle marked the last Saturday of the month.Her body tensed as she heard the door open and close behind her.The young officer who’d hauled her in entered with light footsteps. He’d kept silent d...
‘What if they don’t buy the fruit?’ ‘I can be pretty persuasive,’ Carl told her. ‘Don’t…’ She took a deep breath. He sat beside her, gun at his hip, stubble darkening his jaw. He looked like a man in a wanted poster. ‘Don’t cause more friction,’ Jade warned him. ‘If you frighten people into buyin...
All around him, cows pushed and fought to get closer, eager to drink. He glanced back to the tractor, where Rachel sat on top of a load of hay. If only life could go on like this forever. A few days ago, he’d driven out to a drugstore in Jackson. It would have been simpler to add the contraceptiv...
He didn’t eat. He didn’t sleep. He spent endless hours in an agonized struggle with his conscience. He told himself it was right—evil right—to make his marriage real. What better way to crush Andrew Sinclair than to take his daughter away from him? He told himself it was right—true right—to make ...
I’m too big to fit in one of those seats, and that’s a fact. We are staying in a private house in Baghdad. Sorry, can’t say exactly where, my boss is nuts about secrecy. He has a pet phrase he bellows out when someone talks carelessly. Secrecy Equals Security. He is British, ex-Special Forces. ...
They settled in one of the tiny booths crammed between the wall and the horseshoe shaped counter.They both liked the place, despite the shabby interior and the overdone nautical theme. A plastic fish with British banknotes stuck in its gills hung on a driftwood plaque over the front door. Ornate ...
Satisfaction swelled in his chest. Crimson had waited up for him. It had been a long, difficult day. Despite the pressure of the investigation, despite all the distractions, he had found time to think about her, worry about her. When she hurried out to meet him in the hall, his eager gaze slid ov...