“You know what I want to do?” she asked. “With the money, I mean.”
“I don’t know. Keep paying the bills?”
“No, we should get more than just that. I want air-conditioning, Brian. We deserve that. And then we should put in a pool. I want to go swimming at night to cool off.”
Brian stared straight ahead and off the porch into the distance. He realized that the backyard was just big enough for a pool. Without a word he stood up and went back inside.
About the Author
Michael Connelly is the author of the recent #1 New York Times bestsellers The Drop, The Fifth Witness, The Reversal, The Scarecrow, The Brass Verdict, and The Lincoln Lawyer, as well as the bestselling Harry Bosch series of novels. He is a former newspaper reporter who has won numerous awards for his journalism and his novels. He spends his time in California and Florida.
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On-sale date: November 26, 2012
Books by Michael Connelly
Featuring Harry Bosch
The Black Echo
The Black Ice
The Concrete Blonde
The Last Coyote
Trunk Music
Angels Flight
A Darkness More Than Night
City of Bones
Lost Light
The Narrows
The Closers
Echo Park
The Overlook
Nine Dragons
The Drop
The Black Box
Featuring Mickey Haller
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Fifth Witness
Featuring Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller
The Brass Verdict
The Reversal
Featuring Jack McEvoy
The Poet
The Scarecrow
Other Novels
Blood Work
Void Moon
Chasing the Dime
Anthologies
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase (editor)
Nonfiction
Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers
Short Stories
Suicide Run: Three Harry Bosch Stories (e-book only)
Angle of Investigation: Three Harry Bosch Stories (e-book only)
Mulholland Dive: Three Stories (e-book only)
The Safe Man: A Ghost Story (e-book only)
Copyright © 2005 by Hieronymus, Inc.
Author photograph by Terrill Lee Lankford
Cover design by Allison Warner
Cover copyright © 2012 by Hachette Book Group, Inc.
“The Safe Man,” was originally published anonymously in The Secret Society of Demolition Writers, edited by Marc Parent.
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