THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXVII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXVII

The ride back into the harbor entrance at Dana Point went smoothly, the wind and waves were at our back and there was no traffic of boats or lines of fisherman along the sea walls to impede our progress. The sound of the dual MTU diesels, thrumming away underneath me,...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XVIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XVIII

  Detective Hoodoo instructed Gularte and I to depart the beach scene, as he and the ‘team’ of lifeguards would handle the situation from then on. He’d already given that order but neither Gularte nor I had moved. Instead of re-issuing the earlier command he...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XVI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XVI

I left Mardian at the pool, since I’d given him everything I had about whatever it was I was supposed to know, but really didn’t. The money was invisibly held into the middle of the clamshell holster meant to hold and conceal a Smith and Wesson .44 Magnum, 4 inch...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XV

Gularte was waiting at the beach unit when I arrived at the city parking lot, my Volkswagen’s engine knocking a bit, which had me worried, but not unduly so. The thing was still under warranty, although I had no replacement if it might be in the dealership shop for...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter VII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter VII

The one thing I’d come to understand about whatever it was I was supposed to be doing for the Western Whitehouse, at first with Haldeman and now no doubt with Mardian, was immediacy. When people in their positions wanted something, they wanted it right now. Physically...