Their call log that night showed fewer than a third their usual number of calls, which made for an easy shift, but left Scott bored. Hence, their search for the unfindable noodle house, which Scott ha...
The Godfather doesn’t call the police. He sends Luca Brasi.
That dog is a Marine!
Thanks, Lyle. It’s good to be here. Mr. Sincerity.
LeCedrick Earle was maybe an inch shorter than me, with dark glossy skin and a shaved head. He was wearing a prison-issue orange jumpsuit and Keds. I said, That’s right. I work for an attorney named J...
Holman settled in, expecting her to be late. She would arrive late to establish her authority and to make sure he understood the power in this situation was hers. Holman didn’t mind. He had trimmed hi...
Good-bye, Richard. So much for civil discourse. So much for modern men discussing a modern problem in an enlightened manner. I was thinking that it might be fun to beat him to death.
Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.
Don’t tell her what I found here, okay? I want to tell her. Whatever you want. I have to go. Pike
Bender’s eyebrows kissed in a frown.
The relationship between a military working dog and a military dog handler is about as close as a man and a dog can become. You see this loyalty, the devotion, unlike any other and the protectiveness.
You see the van? Yeah, we’re almost there. Don’t worry. The criminal with a Bolivian cartel after him telling Cole not to worry. Perfect. Make
Walsh looked at Cole. Both of you? Pike said, He’s going to have people. It’ll look better if I have people, too. Cole pointed at himself. I’m his people. Pike went on with it. He thinks we’re meeting...
The zen of housecleaning allows one to reach inner peace.
The arrows. What they mean is, you control who you are by moving forward, never back; you move forward. That’s what I do. That’s what we’re going to do.
She looked at our hands, twined there in her lap. I know you want to help me through this. You already have, and I’m grateful, but you can’t help me anymore. She tugged at my hand, and when I looked o...
Pike put down the cat. He slid from Pike's arms like molasses and puddled at his feet.
Pike did not move his eye from the sight picture. Cole, Ramos, Park. The Zeiss was fitted with a laser range finder displaying the range in tiny red numerals in the upper right quadrant of the sight p...
Mills paced to the door, but didn’t leave, as if he had needed motion to contain himself. I
Holman felt the slowness coalesce into a kind of distant calm.