THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XVII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XVII

 I wondered about the small recorder that Doctor Harpending had given me, or rather gifted me, since no discussion had taken place about ownership.  The good doctor was known for being cheap, driving an older Volkswagen, and infamously buying used tires for it from...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XVI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XVI

I hung up the phone after getting assurances from Tony that the cash would be available at the base on the following day.  The payroll office would have it, but I wondered what the effect would be of so much cash going in and out of that place, which was staffed by...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XV

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XV

“There are no secure lines anywhere around or in Heathrow the young British police officer said, not the kind I think you are talking about.  You would have to go to the American embassy downtown.” I turned away in frustration and walked back to the King Air, noting...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XIII

I made it to the parking lot but had to turn back as Kingsley had my keys and I’d left no instructions for any of the staff or my men, much less the four new quasi-agents for the insurance operation.  One of those agents was quite something I’d briefly heard.  Joan...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Six, Chapter XI

I left Nash to organize and gather his family to join my own. He called Becky, his wife, and arranged things on our home phone, which both pleased and impressed me. He carefully placed the 12 gauge near the back door from the garage into the kitchen, but high on a...

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