- Do
- the
- Crime
- is
- a
- provocative
- collection
- of
- crime
- fiction
- that
- leans
- toward
- the
- hard-boiled
- side.
- In
- this
- book,
- grievances
- ride
- high
- while
- the
- players
- try
- to
- settle
- scores
- and
- still
- their
- pain.
- The
- eight
- stories
- include
- two
- miniature
- pieces
- and
- one
- novella:Such
- a
- Cruel
- Month
- (novella)
- –
- A
- retired
- man
- carries
- a
- heavy
- heart
- and
- a
- longstanding
- grudge
- against
- an
- old
- boss
- he'd
- like
- to
- end
- with
- violence.
- However,
- revenge
- isn’t
- as
- simple
- as
- he’d
- imagined.
- He’s
- even
- taken
- in
- for
- questioning.
- After
- legal
- matters
- are
- clarified,
- he
- surprises
- and
- astonishes
- the
- police,
- not
- once
- but
- twice.Slidell’s
- Secrets
- -
- A
- palm
- reader
- helps
- him
- recover
- his
- memory.
- Then
- they're
- both
- in
- trouble.Joey’s
- Mistake
- -
- Max
- likes
- cars
- so
- much
- he
- steals
- them.
- His
- old
- friend
- Joey
- goes
- along
- with
- the
- plan
- for
- a
- while,
- then
- makes
- his
- own
- life.
- Little
- by
- little,
- Max
- shares
- his
- dark
- history,
- and
- Joey’s
- big
- mistake.It
- All
- Comes
- Back
- –
- When
- a
- friendship
- is
- torn
- beyond
- repair,
- payback
- with
- a
- bullet
- starts
- to
- look
- appealing.Morning
- Train
- –
- An
- angry
- commuter
- makes
- terrifying
- plans
- for
- his
- job.Iron
- Bars
- –
- A
- disillusioned
- prisoner
- issues
- a
- stark
- invitation.Always
- Such
- a
- Quiet
- Street
- –
- Ryan,
- a
- college
- student,
- enjoys
- relaxing
- walks
- along
- quiet
- streets—until
- he’s
- forced
- to
- stop
- a
- gunman
- and
- save
- a
- woman’s
- life.
- Then
- Ryan
- finds
- himself
- in
- a
- tense
- situation
- as
- he
- learns
- that
- he’s
- being
- framed
- for
- murder.A
- Fine
- Death
- -
- A
- lot
- of
- things
- bothered
- Keegan.
- So
- he
- got
- rid
- of
- them—one
- by one.
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