“My feet crunched over dry hickory leaves. Wood rangers had stapled up Smokey Bear (“Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!”) signs along the state roads. One cigarette butt flicked out a passing car window and there’d be real hell to pay.” RomanceCrime FictionPrivate InvestigatorNoir FictionHardboiledMen S AdventureDetective Novels Book:The Blue Cheer Source: The Blue Cheer
“CHAPTER 1: My old car battery, dead as a turd, rode in the trunk of Dreema’s sedan. She’d told me to take it. I felt embarrassed to drive it, but I had no other way to pick up a new car battery.” RomanceSuspenseCrime FictionNoirPrivate InvestigatorHardboiled Book:Traffic Source: Traffic
“Kenneth Oscuro ripped off 13 cartons of cigarettes from a bodega. He then turned around and swapped them, even up, at a pawnshop for a 12-inch cutthroat razor. He made it his most prized possession.” Crime FictionNoirPrivate InvestigatorHardboiled Book:Outside the Wire: A Washington, D.C. Private Eye Novel Source: Outside the Wire: A Washington, D.C. Private Eye Novel