epub |eng | 2019-06-19 | Author:David S. Pederson [Pederson, David S.]

Chapter Seven Late Saturday evening, July 12, 1947 The first uniforms arrived, and I directed them to the stage door, front entrance, and emergency exits, with instructions to keep the ...

epub |eng | 2020-11-15 | Author:Eva Bjorg AEgisdóttir

Hörður wasn’t himself when they got back to the police station. He seemed distracted and there was an uncharacteristically deep furrow between his brows. Elma had never seen him out ...

azw | | | Author:Janet Evanovich [Evanovich, Janet]

I took the shoes from the salesman and slid them on. "Are they wonderful, or what?" Mary Lou said. "They're pretty nice, but I can't shoot anyone with them." "You ...

epub |eng | 2015-02-24 | Author:C.J. Sansom [SANSOM, C. J.]

Chapter Twenty-nine RICH STRODE IN, SCOWLING. He was the smallest man in the room, but instantly commanded it. He pulled off his black cap and smacked Stice round the face ...

epub |eng | 1993-01-02 | Author:Håkan Nesser [Nesser, Håkan]

“It’s Friday already, dammit!” Van Veeteren announced as they elbowed their way through to the bar. Carrying two foaming tankards, he wriggled into an almost nonexistent space between two young ...

epub |eng | 1997-01-01 | Author:Håkan Nesser [Nesser, Håkan]

At about the same time as Merwin Kluuge gently – but perhaps not quite as gently as was his wont – stroked his wife’s stomach and his as yet unborn ...

epub |eng | | Author:C J Sansom [Sansom, C. J.]

AT NINE THE CHURCH BELL sounding through the deepening dusk signalled curfew, and the tavern emptied. We went outside. I saw the constable on the corner, his lamp lit. A ...

mobi |eng | 2006-07-06 | Author:Lawrence Block

I put my ear to Abel’s door, listened carefully, heard nothing. There was a button recessed in the doorjamb and I gave it a poke, and a muted bong sounded ...

epub |eng | 2010-10-11 | Author:Jeri Westerson [Westerson, Jeri]

Crispin waited. The guards at the Great Gate were relieved by new men, and while greetings were exchanged and feet crunched over the icy gravel, Crispin slipped into the shadows ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2002-11-01 | Author:Walter Mosley

mobi, epub |eng | 2002-10-14 | Author:Walter Mosley

I TALKED TO AGENT CRAXTON later that same night. He asked all sorts of questions about where we picked up clothes and who handled the money. He was looking for ...

epub |eng | 2010-11-05 | Author:Janet Evanovich [Evanovich, Janet]

I dropped everything on the floor and ran out of the room. "Shit, damn, shit!" I stumbled into the bathroom and stuck my head into the toilet to throw up. ...

epub | | 2010-05-12 | Author:John D. MacDonald [MacDonald, John D.]

NINE FRNSISCO SMITH woke me up with his phone call at quarter past eight on Tuesday, that thirteenth day of December."Got something to write on?" he asked. "Hold on," I ...

mobi |eng | 2011-02-10 | Author:Donald E Westlake

FORTY-TWO “What time is it?” Judy murmured in his ear. Doug Berry reared up on his elbows, rested his wrist on Judy’s nose, and looked at his waterproof, shockproof, glow-in-the-dark ...

epub |eng | 2018-04-18 | Author:Susan M. Boyer

THIRTEEN Charleston is blessed with so many wonderful culinary experiences. Often on date night, Nate and I try one of the newer restaurants that have sprung up over the last ...