Call Me a Cab
Donald E. Westlake
"She hailed me on East 62nd Street, not far from Bloomingdale’s."
"She hailed me on East 62nd Street, not far from Bloomingdale’s."
"The telephone rang, waking Captain Marianne Augresse with a start."
"It was a Monday morning in September, on the beach, when it all began."
"The carriage door creaked as Rodolfo opened it."
"Two dead men at the North Gate!"
"Walli Beckwith had no way of knowing that she probably had just under an hour to live."
"Anything new? Tell me we're getting somewhere."
"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."
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