Im not ready to be picked up. The letter was an exhaustive (and ultimately exhausting) manual of where Mrs Roman D.

The gesture was almost casual. The axle-caps of the wheels squalled against the wood, but he was able to get through. Dark red predominated, as if someone had spilled a great deal of venous blood in here. There had been no opportunity to change since then, not for Ian, not for any of them.

Under previous circumstances this might have meant waiting for days, but not anymore. "Five hundred and six dollars!

Under previous circumstances this might have meant waiting for days, but not anymore. Tony Bonasaro, who was now only so many blackened flakes of ash, had been a car-thief.