This was a re-read (actually an audiobook listen) after I had read this some years ago. The book is well constructed, with a riveting theme. However, the characters are almost all one-dimensional stereotypes. The book also suffers from the author's tendency to repeat himself, in case the reader w...
The all-night drugstore and the gas station at the bend of the federal highway were exceptions to the black silence; they were courageously open for business as usual, bright and defiant flags against the night. At police headquarters in the Municipal Building, Kelly was s...
Samantha put her head back and closed her eyes and rested her legs on one of the jump seats. She wore purple suede boots, a darker purple suede pants suit, with a jacket which flared at the hips and whose color was in brilliant contrast with her flaming red cashmere sweater. Coke put a hand on th...