Eddie tossed it on the couch, searched him with his free hand. In Stimmer’s right pants pocket was a straight razor with a bone handle. Eddie put it beside the gun. “Watch him,” he said to Terry. He walked through the apartment. Living room, bedroom, eat-in kitchen, and bathroom. A few clothes in...
Crissa looked at them in the rearview, said, “Are you awake?” They were on Interstate 95 now, heading north. Claudette raised her head, blinked. She’d been drifting in and out of sleep the last twenty miles. “Yes.” “How do you feel about what happened back there?” “What do you mean?” “We need to ...
He went through into the high-ceilinged living room. Katya came out of an adjoining hallway carrying a fourth suitcase, stopped when she saw him. “Where is he?” he said. She nodded at the stairs. He went up to the second floor, saw the light in Cota’s study at the end of the hall. He stopped in t...
The chill that came up through the tile floor had settled in his muscles and joints. His hands were numb from the flex-cuffs. Sal leaned in the doorway, and said, “How long we gonna wait?” “A little bit longer,” Taliferro said. He looked at his watch. “Just midnight now, so we’ll give it a little...
Ray said. Harry shook his head, poured coffee for both of them from the office machine. “He didn’t leave much behind that was useful,” he said, putting the cup on Ray’s desk. “Except cigarette butts.” “What?” “Cigarette butts. Unfiltered Camels. That’s what he smoked.” “So?” “I found a cigarette ...
She signed on, typed quickly, sat back and waited, hearing voices in the corridor, a toilet flushing down the hall. When the report came up, she scanned it, hit PRINT. Behind her, the printer chattered. She looked toward the half-closed door, hoping no one would come in, ask what she was doing. T...
Wesniak stood with his back to the rain-streaked window, watching Harry the entire time. The PA lieutenant’s name was Doyle. He asked Harry to spell Cortez’s name. Then he turned to Wesniak. “That’s the name on the registration too.” Wesniak said to Harry, “Any idea who the other one might be?” “...