Across the room he had placed a mirror he’d found in her bathroom on a table. It was angled so that he could see her face reflected in it, while he remained hidden from her.
Said Reel, shooting Robie a quick glance that he did not notice. Maybe that was their plan. But Luke could never do that while he was with the skinheads. They wouldn’t have allowed it. And I doubt Luk...
It was botched. A traffic police officer intervened and the whole plan fell apart. But that was from low-level external sources and had nothing to do with us. Our strike will be quick and clean. And i...
Trying to recapture his youth. He should have known that nature bowed to no one, regardless of their monetary worth.
The packs of cigarettes available here carried the typical skulls and crossbones on them, but apparently no one in North Korea cared. They smoked. They died. What did it matter?
The door opened and Decker was looking down at a small, balding man with a gray beard and wearing dark glasses. He was well into his seventies.
Success or failure was always defined largely during the preparation. With good planning all one had to do was execute. Even last-second changes could be made with greater ease if the planning in the...
She lightly punched him in the arm. So, on to Williamsburg? On to Williamsburg. But I need to call them first.
She backed up against a brick wall. Tears sliding down her face, she moaned, Please, please don’t hurt me. I swear I won’t tell nobody what you done. I swear to God. Please. Rogers bent down and picke...
Really good liars always work in something true to make the lie more plausible.
Really good liars always work in something true to make the lie more plausible. - John Puller
Puller felt his hand begin to shake as he read through the thoughts of his mother from three decades before. Problems in the marriage. Problems with him. Problems with her. But . . . she was willing t...
One underlying philosophy in Ecclesiastes is that the individual can find truth by using his powers of observation and reason instead of blindly following tradition. You acquire wisdom and focus that...
Not really. All you have to do is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you o...
National security trumps a lot. It can trampke civil rights. It can denude personal liberties. But it cannot and never will triumph over political gamesmanship. - Kelly Paul
Mississippi’s constitution prohibited anyone who denied the existence of a supreme being from holding state office.
Lying caused a physiological reaction that cut the flow of blood to the capillaries located at the end of the nose. It caused a tingling feeling that usually made the liar rub at the spot.
Luther glanced at the framed prints on the nightstand and wryly observed the twenty-something little woman next to the seventy-something husband. There were many types of lotteries in the world and no...
Just... norma… everyday… lives. With these last words her tone grew rote and her expression became bored.Yeah, what a relief, said Dan, but he looked every bit as bored as his sister.…We're Cahills. W...
I’m not saying that riding the train will change your life, or that passenger rail will be a big moneymaker one day. But no matter how fast we feel we have to go, shouldn’t there be room for a train,...