Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.
Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.
Daniel reloaded, tucked away his gun, then took out the satellite phone. The cell stations were out all over the city, but the sat phone worked great. He checked the time, hit the speed dial, then wai...
Button’s face was blank as Pike approached, but a deep line cut Futardo’s brow. Pike wondered what she was thinking. Button’s jacket was already off in anticipation of the coming heat, and his hands w...
Bishop had the muscle tone of Jell-O. Rossi
Voice grew, and the fierce expression became outraged. He grabbed my shoulder again, and all the grabbing was making me uncomfortable. The tyranny of evil men cannot be hidden from the light of truth!...
Vincent said, You never answered my question. What question was that? Down south. You think we faced off before? No. How you know that for sure? You’d be dead. That’s funny. The boys told me the same...
Tyson looked miserable as we drove to The Carl, and neither of us said much. We each had our reasons, but our reasons were different.
There were dozens of boats and skiers on the water, the powerboats and jet skis buzzing like angry mutant wasps.
The cat door clacked and the cat came in from the kitchen. When he saw Jillian he growled, deep and warlike. I said, Beat it.
The bodyguard and the driver took the old man’s arms and the four of them crept up the walk, moving at an old man’s pace. The front door opened almost at once, revealing a burly man in his middle fort...
The begging snapped into a sharp muffled shriek, just one, just the one terrible muted cry. Krista couldn’t move. She stared at the door as if it were a nightmare painting from Hieronymus Bosch’s pers...
The beer came and I said, Joe, I’m thinking that there is something larger here than an attorney’s zealous defense of his client. The master of understatement.
The Godfather doesn’t call the police. He sends Luca Brasi.
That’s the way adults often talk to children. You know they’re not going to listen, but you want to tell them anyway just so you know that you have.
That’s right. He was tied in with a boy down there about the time of the murders. Wasn’t enough money up here for him in hijacking; he wanted to bring in drugs, so he worked out something with a—lemme...
Terrio and Deets left without a word. The chief followed them, and the woman Pike had seen in the backseat of Terrio’s car on the day they told him about Frank entered and closed the door. Blue blazer...
Talk to her, goddamnit. She ain't a stick of furniture. She is one of God's creatures, and she will hear you. I see these goddamned people walkin' dogs, yakking on their phones, makes me wanna kick th...
Stone’s voice came in Pike’s ear. Movement. They were on cell phones, each with a Bluetooth bud in his ear. They had satellite phones, but the regular cells were easier so long as they had a signal an...
Stone tried to sound noncommittal. He knew Koreatown well. Liked the women. Liked karaoke. The Koreans were big on noraebang. I