The Lion Killer (The Dark Continent Chronicles) - Plot & Excerpts
He exhaled into his hand to check his breath, satisfied he extinguished a cigarette and waved his hand to disperse the smoke. He closed his eyes and rocked back in his chair. Why would someone like Lynn Allison or Lynn Turner or whatever she calls herself, hire me? He used a dime to rub off a lottery ticket. “As usual, fucked again,” he said to himself, tossing the crumpled ticket in a file cabinet. If I can talk her into paying me a retainer, I could pay my dockage. The knock on the door startled him. Before he could answer it, Lynn Allison stepped into his office. He had seen her picture in the society section of the local newspaper, but nothing prepared him for seeing her in person. He felt his heart race. Women like Lynn Allison oozed sexuality like a flower secretes scent. Danny boy, control yourself, he thought. Scanning the society columns was one of Gillespie's hustles. He looked for a younger woman married to a wealthy older man or the reverse. In Palm Beach, both sexes were fair game in the divorce business.
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