Jack Reacher and Michelle Chang spent three days in Milwaukee. On the fourth morning she was gone. Reacher came back to the room with coffee and found a note on his pillow. He had seen such notes before. They all said the same thing. Either directly or indirectly. Chang's note was indirect. And more elegant than most. Not in terms of presentation. It was a ballpoint scrawl on motel notepaper gone wavy with damp. But elegant in terms of expression. She had used a simple, to explain and flatter and apologize all at once. She had written, "You're like New York City. I love to visit, but I could never live there."
The Midnight Line by Lee Child
It was a handsome ring. It was a conventional shape, and a conventional style, with intricate gold filligree, and a black stone, maybe semi-precious, maybe glass, surrounded by an oval hoop that had West Point around the top, and 2005 around the bottom.









7 comments:
I like the opening of this novel. Good luck w/ First Paragraph and Happy New Year!
This sounds good. I've only read the first book in the series but keep meaning to read more. This week I have A Mortal Likeness by Laura Joh Rowland - a historical mystery from my review stack. Happy reading!
Chang's simile is quite apt. I've never read any of Lee Child's books. I hope you enjoy it!
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I've read several Jack Reacher books, though not recently. I do love Childs' writing style - it reminded me that I should catch up with Reacher's later adventures. Thank you for sharing:)
It's the kind of ring that say a ton about the wearer.
Great teaser! Thanks for stopping by.
That ring teaser sounds interesting. I hope you enjoy reading it!
Ouch. LOL
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