Holdout
Jeffrey Kluger
"Walli Beckwith had no way of knowing that she probably had just under an hour to live."
"Walli Beckwith had no way of knowing that she probably had just under an hour to live."
"He opens the tray table and sets his water bottle down, then opens a packet of chocolates and pops one in his mouth."
"We are the Bolan sisters. Calliope, Lorelei, and Serafina."
"Unable to bear the stench of bananas, horse dung, smoke, and salty air, Jesse James Prescott pulled the red bandanna up over his nose."
"The joint twenty-three-man team rose early, an hour before dawn."
"The moment Noel Moore stepped through the front door and put his bags down, the hairs on the back of his neck stood up."
"Stella leaned on the railing and stared out over the lake."
"You ever hear of the Pirates of Pelham Parkway? They were a headline once. Front page stuff for about five minutes in the Bronx newspapers of the day. Murder and death, death and murder."
"When Petrina arrived at Coney Island, she headed straight for the Cyclone roller coaster."
"'Lion ain’t cross chasin a deer.'"
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