The Sweet Tea Call
The man in the gray suit stood at the end of my pew with his hand outstretched. His name was Walter Ashby, and I had given him three jars of …
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The Black Wingtips
Charles Whitmore stared at the dark stain on the toe of the left shoe, and I watched twenty seven years pass across his face like weather across a field. The …
The Black Wingtips Read MoreThe Orange Duffel Bag
The sheriff of Sweet Grass County was a rangy man named Walt Torgerson, and he took the sealed envelope from my mittened hand as gently as if it were a …
The Orange Duffel Bag Read MoreThe Chair Bows
The big man in the chef coat did not wait for me to answer. He turned around to his staff, the cooks and servers and dishwashers who had stopped to …
The Chair Bows Read MoreThe Basement Workbench
The woman on the other side of my front door was Irene Jablonski, eighty eight years old, five feet tall in her good black coat, with a cane in one …
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The detective on my doorstep was Marisol Trujillo, a woman of about forty with a calm face and a small notebook, and she did not smile when she held up …
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Arlene opened the shoebox on the counter of the main post office, and the smell of old paper rose up like a memory. Inside were hundreds of envelopes, tied in …
The Return Address Read MoreThe Ace of Spades
Deputy Whitfield read me the name on the back of the card in a low, careful voice, and I wrote it on my pad with the pen already trembling in …
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The woman with the briefcase on the porch was Linda Park, general counsel of the welding supply company in Ohio, and the two men in overcoats were her colleague and …
The Welding Rod Patent Read MoreThe Taffy Hook Window
The man in the navy blazer was Anthony Marchetti, chief executive of the candy company, and he took his time. He walked slowly across the shop floor, past the barrels …
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