Death on Tuckernuck
Francine Mathews
"He hadn’t expected Ash that Saturday morning, hurrying down the weathered wooden pier in her rope-soled wedges and skinny jeans, a slouchy silk sweater slipping down to reveal one perfect shoulder."
"He hadn’t expected Ash that Saturday morning, hurrying down the weathered wooden pier in her rope-soled wedges and skinny jeans, a slouchy silk sweater slipping down to reveal one perfect shoulder."
"Throughout his life, Linden has always thought of literature as something more than a distraction; in fact more like something inexcusably necessary."
"'What are those?' asked Jamison as they neared their destination."
"It’s something they’ve always done."
"Leo spun to life in late July in the restless waters of the far eastern Atlantic, about two hundred miles west of Cape Verde."
"As they reached the rally site, double rows of blank-faced National Guard troops lined the wide avenue, sunlight bouncing off their helmets."
"'Retired film editor died last year; he was there when RKO changed hands. I bought his estate.'"
"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"
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