The Booking Sheet
The old owner was named Mr. Abner Quick, and he had been looking for the company of Derek because it was selling a dinner that did not exist. He told …
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The Coffee Cans
What my father asked Pete Krueger to keep quiet in 1979 was a locked room under the old pump house, and Pete walked me down to it himself on Saturday …
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What was in the box that Duane taped inside the saddlebag was a deed, a letter and a small brass key, and Lloyd Haugen handed it to me at his …
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The account Renee used belonged to Dwight, her husband, or more exactly to a company he runs called Verde Valley Custom Trucks, and I found that out in a conference …
The Deposit Slip Read MoreThe State Filing
What Trent filed with the State of New Mexico in August was a statement changing the manager of a company I had forgotten I still owned. Douglas Whitaker, the father …
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The guest who left the note was a young man named Marcus Hale, and I recognized him the moment he stood up from the bench in the courthouse corridor. He …
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The man in the green pullover was Darrell Voss, and he was not family, but he had a signed paper that said he was owed money by my son. Chancellor …
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Tyler used the card of Jeannette because he knew I would never look at it. I learned that from Roland Pelletier at the Registry of Deeds in Bangor, who sat …
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Tammy needed the name of Corinne, not the house in Fresno. I learned that at a quarter to nine on Tuesday, when Hector the mail carrier waited at my gate …
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The woman who called Dr. Varga was Tammi Brandt, the sister of Brad, the man my daughter in law married after my son Mark passed. I learned it in the …
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