The Pencil Mark
The name that Mr. Delaney read from his file was Walter Kozak. “He was eighty one years old,” he said, “and a retired tool and die maker in Grand Rapids. …
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The Shoebox Names
The old man took the lid off the shoebox with a hand like a bundle of dry twigs. Inside lay a thick stack of photographs, an envelope of letters tied …
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She said her name was Nicole Barrett. She said it through the open window of my car, bent at the waist, with her hand on the door and her voice …
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The back of the photograph said, in the handwriting I had read on a thousand grocery lists, Me and the mother of Dusty and my baby girl, 1979. Before they …
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I stood in the doorway of that little room for a long time before I could make myself go in. The recliner was the same brown corduroy recliner that Roy …
The Garage Room Read MoreThe Game Program
The name on the back cover of the program was Lowery Auto Group, in red letters over a picture of a smiling man in a cowboy hat. Marcus held it …
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The name of the witness on the second page was Dale Hollis. Mr. Sorensen read it aloud in a flat voice, and the whole backyard turned to look at my …
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The first four letters of the login were D, E, N, I. Kayla read them aloud from the screen of her phone, and nobody at the table had to be …
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The signature at the bottom of the order was Morales Development, L.L.C., and under it, in blue ink, was the name Victor A. Morales. Señora Olivas read it aloud without …
The Shutoff Order Read MoreThe Sandpaper Note
The name was Dr. Stephen Hale. It was written in faded ballpoint on the back of the sandpaper, and the young man read it out loud in a flat voice, …
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