FARC, the Colombian rebels who’ve been funding their revolution against the state with kidnapping, extortion, and drug dealing.
Everyone in the room was silent for a moment. Annie stared openmouthed at the man beneath her. So he’d noticed her after all. Her ego moved up a notch. Not that he was her type, mind you. Not that she...
Eleanor Krautz pushed her way through the crowd and stage-whispered to Grandma, Who's the hottie with your granddaughter?That's Ranger, Grandma stage-whispered back at Eleanor. I don't think Stephanie...
Do you know how to pilot a yacht? she asked.No, I don't, but I thought it would be fun to try it in pitch-black darkness in the middle of the Flores Sea, Nick said, smiling. They light up the island,...
Diesel was smiling at Grandma. You blew through almost two hundred thousand and you were playing dollar slots? That’s impressive. Especially since some of that time I was winning, Grandma said. Twelve...
Diesel was about to place the cockroach on the casket, and my purse rocked out with Thriller again. Excuse me, I said. And I answered my phone. I’m beginning to appreciate Hatchet, Wulf said to Diesel...
Diesel grinned. You have a choice. You can be the stupid inferior female or the stupid powerful female. How about if I’m just myself? Diesel glanced at Ranger. I’m not going to touch that one. Ranger...
Did you pack an extra gun? Of course, she said. You can never have too many weapons. Jake smiled. I raised you right.
Did you bring the charms? Wulf asked Diesel. Diesel took the charms from his pocket and held them in his palm so Wulf could see. They have an excellent selection of baby carriages at Target, I whisper...
Death isn’t such a big deal when it’s happening to someone else.
Dear Lord,' Lula said, 'Bless this disgusting, swelled-up groundhog and take him into the Kingdom of Heaven or wherever it is that dead groundhogs are supposed to go. Amen.' We both made the sign of t...
DeAngelo blew up my bus, so I filled his car with shit. Genius, right?DeAngelo didn't blow up the bus, Connie said. I just got the report from the fire marshal. The coffeemaker shorted out and started...
Damn, piss, shit, fuck!
Cute, Ranger repeated. That just dropped my testosterone level.
Criminy, Emerson. That’s even worse, Riley said. Who asks someone he’s just met if she’d like to see his thimbles? That’s serial killer creepy. Emerson
Connie handed me the check and plucked at a clump of mascara hanging at the end of her left eyelash. I’m telling you, it’s fucking hard to be classy, she said.
Clara and I retraced our steps and returned to the speakeasy. Josh and Carl were playing checkers in the dim light. Who’s winning? I asked. Carl is winning, Glo said. If we don’t let him win he pitche...
Bummer, Glo said. Do you want me to say some words? I’m an ordained minister. I even have a certificate. What church? I asked her. The Church of the Barley Goddess. I don’t think that’s a real church....
Bucky's garage was a two-bay cinder block structure that sat like an island in a sea of cars. New cars, old cars, smashed cars, rusted cars, cars that had signed on for the vital organ program,
Babe, Ranger said, wrapping his arms around me, gathering me close to him.