I’m not a big fan of football. Gladiators of the twenty-first century, wrecking each other for our amusement while we drink beer and eat hot dogs and cheer when a guy gets wiped out. You’d think we wo...
If it’s not, it’s a coincidence the size of Russia. And you don’t believe in even small coincidences, I know. He looked at the cup of tea, picked it up, and took a sip. Todd ran the plate on the Camar...
I had to try. I had to. Why was that? asked Reel. Because I love her. Sometimes it’s just as simple as that. And if someone can’t act on love, then what does anything else really matter?
I had my papers in for detective before I left. I’ve got my forensics certifications. I notice stuff. I sweat the details. And this is my town, she added. I know everybody here. And I mean everybody,...
Fort Bragg, Texas.
Decker blinked awake and sat up in his bed. He looked around, for a few moments unsure of where he was. Virginia. Quantico. The FBI gig. Right. He got up and padded to the bathroom. After that he walk...
Come on, soldier, you put your life on the line for your country. A damn zipper shouldn’t be too hard.
But he was also scared, because you did not go into his line of work, or at least survive very long in it, without a commonsensical understanding of your own mortality.
But I bet they don’t know what I saw. Puller sat down in a chair next to her bed. So why don’t you tell me what that was? Knox glanced at the glass door to her room and saw a police officer, a man in...
Because in my experience, patriotism, while a fine quality, can fuel quite a dangerous agenda if taken to the extreme.
Based on my own experience, boys will mess with your heart and girls with your head.
And can I camping on you to cover my back? You have to ask? I wouldn't be asking if I didn't think I had to.Yes, I'll have your back. Will you have mine? I've had your back ever since you showed up, K...
A pretty accurate rule of thumb is the people who did the most talk about it the least. The blowhards are the ones who did squat.
More. Lee had done this so many times that he could have closed his eyes and his fingers would carry on, manipulating his tools of felony with enviable precision. Lee had already
Legends didn’t die. They just… were there. Always. His voice dry and scratchy, he said, Heard what, sir? I just got back in town from Fort Sill. Is it my father? No, it’s your brother, said White. My...
A number of the wrought-iron fences that encircled the courtyards and gardens of the homes were painted the color of gold on their European-inspired spikes and finials.