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“I couldn't see why it shouldn't be my one hundred dollars.”

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Walter Mosley is an American novelist, best known for his detective novel series featuring Easy Rawlins. His works blend literary value with social commentary, earning him a wide readership. more

“She told me she was 17 going on 22, when she left home to find a new life in the city. She wanted to get into acting and be a big star someday. I said that was swell but a tough racket to break into. She said she knew that going in. She thought maybe she'd get a lucky break and go from there. I told her lucky breaks always came with a price.”

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Book:Tell Me That You Love Me: A Hard-Boiled Short Fiction Featuring James Cartwright, P.I

Source: Tell Me That You Love Me: A Hard-Boiled Short Fiction Featuring James Cartwright, P.I

“Gene was six feet three inches of lean muscle and hard bone enclosing a brain that had only one object: the acquisition of power.”

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Book:Knuckle Down

Source: Knuckle Down

“Anne held out her arms. I don't want to say I flew into them. I wasn't in condition for flying. Or running. Or even dignified limping. Fell towards the center of gravity in my own personal universe. And if our lips met on the way down, was that any fault of mine?”

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Book:Knuckle Down

Source: Knuckle Down

“The waitress came by with a pot of black coffee. She was a smallish woman, about forty, still had some of her looks left, but she had a hardness to her face. Money and bad men were the only things that left that much stone in a woman. I nudged my cup in her direction, and she served her purpose in life.”

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Book:Herbie's Diner

Source: Herbie's Diner

“From Chapter 1: "You’re not a local.” I paused, unsure. “Or are you?” “Sort of. Randall Van Dotson is my dad. I’m Rennie.” After tossing her head that coy, sweet way girls do, she gave me a candid appraisal.”

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Book:Pelham Fell Here

Source: Pelham Fell Here

“No more lip from you. Otherwise there might be a misunderstanding.” Kika eyed the door. She considered making an escape. “Oh…I forgot to mention something. It’s terribly stormy outside tonight,” said Mitch, with an ominously sweet smile. “It’s raining bullets.”

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Book:Ruthless Shadow

Source: Ruthless Shadow

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