Dated or Lexicon?

What I’m reading: Pets in a Pickle, by Malcolm D. Welshman (Nook); Suicide Season, by Rex Burns

Last week, I submitted a chapter of my current manuscript to my crit partners, and one of them responded that she had trouble with a reference, even though I thought it was in context.

Here’s the setup. Jinx, who’s an intel gatherer for Blackthorne, Inc. and has no experience in the field, finds himself in the jungles of Mexico, escaping from the cartels. Since it’s romantic suspense, of course there...