The Short Drop (Gibson Vaughn, #1)

by Matthew FitzSimmons

Time was the great leveler, and neither money nor power held sway over its relentless march.

Hope is a cancer. One of two things happens. Either you never learn the truth, in which case it gnaws down to the bone until there’s nothing left, or worse, you do, and you go through that windshield at ninety because hope told you it was okay to make the drive without a seat belt.”