House of Secrets by Richard Hawke

Author:Richard Hawke [Hawke, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Legislators - United States, Family secrets, Legislators, Family Life, Fiction, United States, Suspense fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Espionage
ISBN: 9781400066087
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE
Published: 2010-05-10T23:00:00+00:00

Andy caught the three forty-five out of Reagan National. He attempted to occupy himself during the short flight with the latest Richard Russo book. To a large degree, Russo wrote the same book over and over, but that didn’t really matter to Andy, nor apparently to thousands of other readers. Each version of the story generally improved on the previous rendering. Deeper poignancy. Richer humor. Harder heartbreak. All the good stuff.

Andy couldn’t concentrate.

By the time his tray table was locked in its upright position and the swirling grid of single-family dwellings adjacent to LaGuardia filled the window by his elbow, Andy hadn’t turned three pages of the book. The flight landed, and Andy put his smile on autopilot as he navigated his way to the arrivals area, where a car was waiting for him. He felt both relief and suffocation as the door closed behind him, entombing him in the rear seat of the car.

Traffic was already slowing as the car made its way along the Grand Central Parkway toward the Midtown Tunnel. Andy’s gaze was aimed out the tinted window at the Manhattan skyline, but the calliope of skyscrapers was not registering in his mind. Abruptly, he lurched forward in his seat.

“Brighton Beach. How long would it take us to get down there?”

The driver caught his eye in the rearview mirror. “No longer than it’ll take us to get through the tunnel.”

“Do it. Head down there.”

The driver hit his turn signal and slid into the left lane. “Do you have an address, sir?”

Andy was already lost again in thought. “I… No. No address. We’re not really going anywhere.”

“Sir?”

“Just go! It doesn’t matter. I just want to see the goddamned place.”

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