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61 " I was watching the minute hand, intently. It wasn’t moving. I waited. It moved. It jumped ahead six degrees. "
― Lee Child , The Enemy (Jack Reacher, #8)
62 " North Carolina Badlands "
63 " Who was Kramer traveling to Irwin with?” I asked. “Two of his guys,” Garber said. “A one-star general and a colonel, Vassell and Coomer. They were a real triumvirate. Kramer, Vassell, and Coomer. The corporate face of Armor. "
64 " counterpane and the counterpane was still tight over the pillows. But there was a head-shaped "
65 " His name was Kramer and he was a Catholic and his blood group was O. "
66 " mano a mano "
67 " It’s like walking out of a movie. Being made to walk out of a movie that you’re really enjoying. That’s what worried me about it. I would never know how it turned out. "
68 " think they all hooked up in the bar, over aperitifs. Certainly "
69 " The guy I saw was an ex-Marine. "
70 " sent Summer away to do three things: first, list all female personnel at Fort Bird with access to their own Humvees, and second, list any of them who might have met Kramer at Fort Irwin in California, and third, contact the Jefferson Hotel in D.C. and get Vassell and Coomer’s exact check-in and checkout times, plus details on all their incoming and outgoing phone calls. "
71 " The Reacher brothers’ need for caffeine makes heroin addiction look like an amusing little take-it-or-leave-it sideline. "
72 " Mag "
73 " No specimen jars. No weird stuff pickled in formaldehyde. "
74 " wearing beanie hats, "
75 " A woman officer,” I said. “Maybe fairly senior. Someone with permanent access to her own Humvee. Nobody signs out a pool vehicle for an assignation like that. And she’s got his briefcase. She must have. "
76 " His toxicology was absolutely clear. The "
77 " We’re here about General Kramer,” he said. “We’re his senior staff.” “I know who you are,” I said. “Tell us about the general.” “He’s dead,” I said. “We’re aware of that. We’d like to know the circumstances.” “He had a heart attack.” “Where?” “Inside his chest cavity.” Vassell glowered. “Where did he die?” Coomer said. “I can’t tell you that,” I said. “It’s germane to an ongoing inquiry. "
78 " Now I figured we were going to be chased around the world by BOLO messages. Be on the lookout for. "
79 " But French people understand that first you live, and then you die. It’s not an outrage. It’s something that’s been happening since the dawn of time. It "
80 " The rest area was the same as on most American interstates I had seen. The northbound highway and the southbound highway eased apart to put a long fat bulge into the median. The buildings were shared by both sets of travelers. Therefore "