Jeannie's ringing cell phone roused her from the deepest sleep she'd had in months. At first she forgot where she was as her eyes fixed on the glowing screen and the name Rebecca. "Hello?" She

A few weeks ago, I'd met up with Rebecca on her break. Nothing out of the ordinary; when she's on days we try to eat lunch together. So at exactly two-thirty in the afternoon I went to meet her. She was

Jimmy roused from his easy chair. He rubbed his eyes, still half-asleep, as Rebecca, Frank, Eddie and Robbie barged into his warehouse. Each of them were carrying either pizzas, cake boxes or six-packs

Rebecca drove her black Lexus SUV west toward the strip. Frank rode shotgun while Robbie and Eddie sat in the back. Her tinted windows kept out most of the sun, but she still squinted and put on her dark

Jimmy stretched as he lifted out of his velveteen easy chair and ambled to the mini fridge for a second beer. On top of the fridge was his answering machine. The tiny red light pulsed, indicating one new

Frank sat alone at the rickety wooden table in the Snake Eyes, his gaze fixed on the entrance. This place was grungy like the bottom of an old pair of shoes. An old pair of shoes kept around because they

On the far side of the world from Jeannie and Johnnie ... Two days earlier ... In southern Thailand ... SIS Agent Le Bon crouched behind a concrete wall and pulled out his pocket mirror. Angling it with