Killing Floor
“Started the machine burbling away. Then I opened up the oven. Got all my things out. They had been warmed for the best part of an hour and they were bone dry. The leather on the sap and the key ring had stiffened up some. Other than that, no damage. I put the gun back together and loaded it. Left it on the kitchen table. Cocked and locked.Then I checked Joe’s computer printout for the confirmation I thought was there. But there was a problem. A major problem. The paper was bone dry and crisp, b...ut the writing had gone. The paper was completely blank. The swimming pool water had washed all the ink off. There were very faint blurred smudges, but I couldn’t make out the words. I shrugged to myself. I’d read it through a hundred times. I’d rely on my memory of what it had said.Next stop was the basement. I fiddled around with the furnace until it kicked in. Then I stripped off and shoved all my clothes in Charlie’s electric dryer. Set it on low for an hour. I had no idea what I was doing.MoreLess
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Russ Cowen 5 years ago
Great book. Continuous tension throughout with gutty detail. I have "Make Me" and I'm going to buy this one.
Edgar G. 2 years ago
I don't se what Kliner's problem is about the Coastguard being taken away. That should be an advantage to him, as he now has plenty of time to pack up the notes at his usual pace, after recruiting more people from Venezuela or wherever. Without Hubble, he can't collect any more dollars, unless he as others as well as Hubble, who are not indicated in the book.I just don't see his tremendous haste. A lot in this book is inexplicable to me, and I am not stupid, but quire of normal intelligence. For instance, with the children safe, why can't Reacher the champion marksman, with a gun which inflicts a mortal wound wherever his hits his target. just shoot both Teale and Klimer. Their shock at hearing his gun would give him enough time to kill the other. They are both old men , stressed, with slow reactions.
Edgar G. 2 years ago
Finlay, the crack Boston detective neglected to ask the murdered professor's assistant, what specialty did the professor teach.??? That might have explained a lot which is still obcure. I always read that the most difficult thing about forging banknotes was to have the correct paper, which was especially made by only one closely guarded company. So maybe they have a decret way of getting the paper perhaps from a crooked worker at the paper company.Write Review:
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