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At the crest of the hill, the pickup truck swung out into the left lane and accelerated, and Smalls said, “Hey, hey!” Whitehead floored the gas pedal, but too late. Too late.
She should have hit the brakes, not the gas pedal!
This and my other notes are all indications of somebody writing in a hurry, and of an editor who doesn't know the material. Still, #28 is a lot better than #27
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Still, he was . . . embarrassed. He’d had to run, and he’d been screaming for help like a little girl.
Sexist crap-- absolutely no reason to be embarrassed by a technique that works. To say "like a little girl" is particularly obnoxious, and he repeats it!
“So how about them Nationals?” the driver asked. “I’m from Minnesota,” Lucas said, sinking back in the seat. “I’m a Twins fan.” The driver thought for a few seconds, and said, “Then I got nothin’.”
Ironically, the Twins used to be the Washington Senators.
effective range of twelve hundred meters. In other words, they can shoot you in the back from more than half a mile away.”
The range would depend on the round, not the weapon. And it would not be possible with a suppressor, which reduces range and accuracy.
“Walk?” Rae asked Lucas. “Or drive, and spend an hour trying to find a parking place?” “Walk,” Lucas said.
What, no taxis, Ubers, Lyfts in DC?
Not definitive, but supportive.”
The FBI would have looked for micro flaws and marks in the tread and would have found the exact match. Definitively.
plugging a lamp into each outlet to make sure it was operable. Outlet caches were currently fashionable among the crooked.
Here's another example of poor search technique-- there is plenty of room behind or beside a life outlet, in the utility box, for some sort of cache. Testing for a live outlet proves nothing.
“This has been taken apart a few times, but not by me. And I’m the only one authorized to do it.”
! and Ritter had to keep a picture on his belt? And if so why not T for trap, or P for P trap, which it almost always is. Also surprising to think that a maintenance guy would be authorized, exclusively, to work on it!
