![]() That's what the kids called me when I was in school, Ritz Cracker.ĭetective Anderson: Uh-huh. I'm rambling, aren't I?ĭetective Anderson: That's okay, Mr. A fair division of labor is very important in a marriage, especially after the children have grown up, that's the way we look at it. I walk him while Sandy-my wife-does up the dishes. By six, Dave is ready to take care of his business-Number One and Number Two, I mean. I went out to walk Dave right around six o'clock this evening. You understand that, don't you?ĭetective Anderson: Just tell me everything you saw, and we'll be finished for this evening. I think I can arrange for that, but right now I need you clearheaded. Anyone would have lost their supper if they saw something like that.ĭetective Anderson: I'm sure a doctor will prescribe something to calm you down when we're done. Your forensic people should know that if they find puke at the scene, and I guess they will, it's mine. My heart still feels like it's in my throat. I've never taken any of that stuff, but I sure could use something now. Ritz, it's understandable, but I need to know exactly what you saw earlier this evening. Jonathan Ritz ĭetective Anderson: I know you're upset, Mr. At the baseball field, the crowd began to cheer and clap rhythmically as the Flint City Golden Dragons came to bat in the bottom of the ninth, one run down. Black lives matter, their parents had instructed them, but not always to Five-O. The rule was simple: when Five-O shows up, it's time to go. They headed off with no further conversation, pumping their boards. A pair of black boys standing on the sidewalk, one with a foot on a scuffed orange skateboard, the other with a lime-colored board under his arm, watched it turn into the parking lot of the Estelle Barga Recreational Park, then looked at each other. The one in back was wearing a suit, and he was as big as a house. The two in front were wearing blue uniforms. It was an unmarked car, just some nondescript American sedan a few years old, but the blackwall tires and the three men inside gave it away for what it was. Thought only gives the world an appearance of order to anyone weak enough to be convinced by its show. You will continue to receive exclusive offers in your inbox. Click below to sign up and see terms and conditions.Īlready a subscriber? Provide your email again so we can register this ebook and send you more of what you like to read. Plus, get updates on new releases, deals, recommended reads, and more from Simon & Schuster. Get a FREE ebook when you join our mailing list. Vicinanza said the author likes to explore ways to break the mold and give his readers a sense of adventure.Thank you for downloading this Simon & Schuster ebook. Last year, King released a three-story collection, Blood and Smoke, exclusively for audio. Since then, John Grisham, whose legal thrillers such as The Firm put him in the same sales league as King, and Caleb Carr, author of The Alienist, have opted to use the serial format. Vicinanza was instrumental in the publication in 1996 of The Green Mile as a six-part serial, a format popularized by 19th-century writers such as Dickens and Tolstoy. Ralph Vicinanza, King's agent for foreign rights, came to Scribner with the idea of an original e-book. "What's exciting is that we are able to go from Stephen King's computer to the reader in a faction of the print-book publishing arc," said Kate Tentler, vice president and publisher of Simon & Schuster Online, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc., which itself is part of Viacom Inc. ![]() King's publisher said the e-book format bypasses the traditional yearlong publishing cycle. "Up to now, this has been technology in search of a market." "This is really the first effective market test," said Keith Loris, president of, of Maynard, Mass., which provided the technology to download the book to retailers. But King, the author of more than 30 best-sellers, is the first in the top tier of book sales to give that method a try, industry officials said. Some science fiction writers have experimented with cyberspace-only distribution of their work. "I'm curious to see what sort of response there is and whether or not this is the future," King said in a statement.
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