Pike held out Karen’s photograph. Have you seen this woman? No. I am sorry. Every word like that. Without contractions.
Pike had hinted at some kind of conspiracy, but Chen figured he was talking about a couple of crooked cops. Now it looked like the feds and Parker Center were involved, and no one seemed to know why,...
Pike closed the Jeep, and watched them. He was vaguely aware of the bodyguards, but they were as inconsequential as a passing thought. He focused on Darko. Darko had done these things, and now Pike ha...
POLLARD HAD NEVER been good in the morning. Every morning for as long as she could remember—months, maybe years—she woke feeling depleted, and dreading the pain of beginning her day. She drank two cup...
Nora wanted a house, so I bought a damn house, not her, me, and the next thing I know I’m in this toxic maelstrom, the three of them, every day, all the bullshit. I felt bad for those kids. Living wit...
Mr. Locano lowered the note. His cool expression told me I had insulted him. My practice is immigration law. I help clients obtain visas and green cards, and fight deportation and removal orders. If y...
Men like Neff and Hensman lived between raindrops and worked under eaves.
Maggie reached the door well before Scott, and saw another door ahead. The intruder and another man were waiting beyond it. Ten thousand generations filled her with a guardian’s rage. Scott
Krista Morales had a heart-shaped face, golden skin, and a smile that dimpled her right cheek. Her eyes were deep chocolate, and her hair glistened with the deep black sheen of a crow’s wing in the su...
Jon said, Two hundred kilograms is four hundred forty pounds. That much C-4 takes up about eight cubic feet, which is your basic cardboard box. Amy
I’m required to read this admonition. Your silence can be deemed as insubordination and lead to administrative discipline, which could result in your discharge or removal from office. You understand w...
Is Dolan there? What’s it to you? I want to talk to her. Haven’t seen her. You wanna know what I heard Krantz say? I’m not going to like this, am I? Krantz says you were probably in on it with that ba...
I said, Think they were cops? They match the descriptions you had. Both big, one bigger. Everything else is optics. Pike.
I looked at the Pinocchio clock, and gave it Stan Laurel. Isn’t this a fine development? Pinocchio’s eyes went from side to side, but he didn’t say anything. He never does.
How many warnings do you need before we charge you with felony stupid? Evanski
He reached from the ceiling with a rubber arm, Krista threw up her hands to ward him off, and Jack came out of nowhere. He flew over her and slammed into Medina like a mongrel dog. Jack’s impact knock...
Ghazi al-Diri’s life ended with the Korean’s call. He was in the commissary when his phone buzzed, letting his coffee steep in a French press he brought from Saõ Paulo. Now, he slipped the phone into...
Elvis Cole JOE—? Cole realized Pike had hung up. That was the kind of call you got from Joe Pike. You’d answer the phone, he’d grunt something like I’m coming up, and that was it. Polite communication...
Ellis said, Look, Mr. Warren signs the checks, right? He says jump, I say which side of my ass you want me to land on?
Bender’s eyebrows kissed in a frown.