“I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to light our spliffs. My fingertips tapped the stem to the gizmo that dinged a bell. Nobody came out. Wrong signal, so I did two bell rings. No response prompted me to tap out a series of bell rings.” ActionMysteryCrimeAdventureSuspenseNoirSmoky Mountains Book:Lake Charles Source: Lake Charles
“I let my gaze travel out the picture window. Unlike at my old doublewide trailer perched on the fringe of a played out quarry, here I owned a real yard with real grass that screamed for mowing each Monday a.m. I sat at the kitchen table, cooling off from just having finished this week's job. Yes, here in 2005, I was a full-fledged suburbanite, but I'd been called worse.” RomanceCrimeCrime FictionNoirAdventure FictionDetective NovelHardboiled Book:The Zinc Zoo Source: The Zinc Zoo
“Quote taken from Chapter 1: That's the idea. Listen, Frank, this one is different. She's a keeper." He let that part gel in me. "Get your head screwed on straight and move to Richmond. You hate it living in Pelham.” RomanceCrimeThrillerSuspenseCrime FictionNoirDetective NovelHardboiled Author:Ed Lynskey