Dead Land
Sara Paretsky
"Someone took the phone from Bernie before I could ask where she was, but from the background sounds before the phone went dead, I guessed she was with police at the crime scene."
"Someone took the phone from Bernie before I could ask where she was, but from the background sounds before the phone went dead, I guessed she was with police at the crime scene."
"'Would you rather,' Michael says, drawing out the words, 'kill or be killed?'"
"That last walk down the stairs seemed to be in slow motion"
"April 13. Anniversary number five. A ridiculous ritual, I admit."
"The weather, like sports and movie stars, is always news."
"Mackenzie woke late, sun streaming through the French windows to fall in burning bands across his bed."
"The street that led to the crime scene was broad and almost empty."
"During the Cold War, top CIA officials carry out a secret plan designed to promote abstract expressionism and American contemporary art."
"'I am Everett Hoxley.'"
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