CanaryRPM Record is cold in the marketplace; colder still is the label's mainstay, Lisa Wilde, dead after a sinister Mercedes nudges her car into a ravine. Her sometime lover, and RPM copywriter, saw it. But nobody wants to hear his version -- not the coroner's office, and especially not his boss, RPM prexy Marty Karp, who plans to unload his failing company to a vast German cartel and doesn't want anything to spoil the deal. Motta goes underground to investigate... |
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... took the salad out of the refrigerator . Vegetables cascaded onto a white plate ; the colors were blinding . Motta held the food on the end of his fork for a long time . When he took a bite , the chewing was like the tumbling of granite ...
... took the salad out of the refrigerator . Vegetables cascaded onto a white plate ; the colors were blinding . Motta held the food on the end of his fork for a long time . When he took a bite , the chewing was like the tumbling of granite ...
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... took the cir- cle around and up Sepulveda . A few blocks later he bore left up Lincoln . Bits of glass flew off the ... took a left between Windward and Rose . Just shy of the beach , he took another left down a one - way alley , and ...
... took the cir- cle around and up Sepulveda . A few blocks later he bore left up Lincoln . Bits of glass flew off the ... took a left between Windward and Rose . Just shy of the beach , he took another left down a one - way alley , and ...
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... took off the black gloves and put one in each pocket of his suit . Then he sat back down at the desk . The next item he took from his attaché case was an Am- trak national train timetable . He turned to a section marked " Eastern ...
... took off the black gloves and put one in each pocket of his suit . Then he sat back down at the desk . The next item he took from his attaché case was an Am- trak national train timetable . He turned to a section marked " Eastern ...
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