By Sean Doolittle
ISBN-10: 0440336414
ISBN-13: 9780440336419
Matthew worthy is a large number. someplace among an excellent cop and a foul screwup, he botched a wedding and a occupation. His fellow officials imagine he’s a comic story. His commanders are uninterested in slicing him breaks. Even his spouse has left him for a flashy murder detective. Busted to nighttime patrol at a robbery-prone Omaha grocery store, worthy is doing time, donning his uniform and asking consumers in the event that they wish paper or plastic. If that isn’t sufficient, he suspects he should be falling for Gwen, the shy checkout woman who can be a bigger mess than he's. It couldn’t get any worse. till it does.
When Gwen involves him one evening scared and determined for support, worthy discovers simply how a long way he’s prepared to visit shield and serve. the subsequent factor he understands, he’s using a stolen automobile with a corpse within the trunk, a pistol within the glove field, and no approach to flip again. every thing he doesn’t understand may well get them killed. And issues haven’t even began to get messy yet....
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Dr. Grail stopped his reach and leaned back. He had a narrow face, a shell of thinning hair, and a way of looking across the desk that always made Worth feel like he was letting the guy down. “The mirror is only an exercise, Matthew,” Dr. Grail said. ” No way was he falling for that one again. Grail ran a finger around the inside of his watchband. He did it ten or twelve times an hour. Worth sometimes counted. ” The shrink checked his folder, flipped a page. ” Worth wished he’d never brought it up.
He did it ten or twelve times an hour. Worth sometimes counted. ” The shrink checked his folder, flipped a page. ” Worth wished he’d never brought it up. ” Grail scribbled a note. ” She was a nursing student at Clarkson and worked a combination of graveyards and swings. Weeknights, she kept a battered textbook under the register with a pack of Dorals and a highlighter pen. She had big gray eyes, a sly sense of humor, and a manner that seemed feisty and fragile at the same time. The first time he saw her, Worth thought of the bird that once came in through the chimney and tangled itself in the fireplace screen.
Gwen looked up from her textbook. She took a drag from her cigarette and watched him through the smoke. Even in the harsh light of the employee break room, her gray eyes caught a warm glimmer. ” Worth went to the counter and worked a foam cup from the stack by the coffee machine. He suddenly felt clumsy. ” “Stuff like what. ” Gwen tapped her highlighter against her chin. ” He stopped pouring, tightened his jaw. Ricky. Or Curtis. He couldn’t keep them straight. He didn’t know what the hell was the matter with him lately, telling macho stories in the stockroom for those two knuckleheads.
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