Crucible
James Rollins
"Gray chased after him, pausing only long enough to pull a SIG Sauer P365 from an ankle holster."
"Gray chased after him, pausing only long enough to pull a SIG Sauer P365 from an ankle holster."
"At the front desk they told him she was in the ICU but when he got there they told him she'd been moved to the third floor, and when he got up there the girl at the desk said visiting hours were over and she was sorry but there was nothing she could do, he'd have to come back in the morning."
"As I stare at the laptop in the unnaturally quiet classroom, I feel kind of anxious."
"“You made it.” The man reached over for a handshake."
"The pregnancy, which was horrendous. Not like before. Not like the first time. Somehow with Emily everything was different."
"The first days passed in silence and intense cold. No stove, no fireplace was able to relieve the dampness in the dwelling or heat it sufficiently."
"Coyo had found them an old four-door Buick Skylark, janky as hell with the maroon paint faded and peeling off the hood and roof."
"Late one night in the state’s largest retirement community, a sixty-eight-year-old woman and her younger boyfriend were arrested for having public sex in the town square."
"It was him. Aaron Neely was at the judge's table."
" We can’t let her die alone on a train platform," Max bites out. "Someone hurt her, bad. I can’t tell if it’s lady troubles or—"
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