Giant Steps – Patrick H Moore

They’re probably not going to get out anytime soon, unless you get weak and refuse to press charges.” “Fuck you, Nick. You know I’m not going to do that. But I feel like I’m all boxed in…” “Jimmy,” I said after a moment’s reflection, “we’re all boxed in. We just don’t like to admit it. But if it’s any consolation, I can recommend great lawyers for both of them…” Jimmy nodded and bowed his head. After that, we both fell silent as we drove through the desert night.

Outside, the wind was blowing hard; inside, we were feeling the chill. OceanofPDF.com After clearing it with Carrie, I skipped Wednesday’s MASA rally and spent the day searching for new digs. It used to be simple to rent a place if you had the bones. Now it’s damned near as complex as buying a house. The morning was fruitless and the afternoon was no better. Finally, as the sun began to set, I threw in the towel and rented a suite with a kitchenette and tiny sitting room at an extended stay joint called Homebody Suites, a long block off I-15, a few miles south of Corona.

Spent the next eight hours moving the bare necessities into my new place and everything else, including part of my arsenal, into a storage locker in Norco, up the road from Corona. Finally, at around two a.m., I drank a Heineken, set my phone alarm, and went to sleep. My alarm trilled at seven thirty a.m.

Tried to pull the sound into my dream, but that didn’t work. Reached for the phone, knocked it off the nightstand, dangled an arm down to retrieve it, and shut it off… It came back in pieces —my new lodgings, complete with kitchenette, in the shadow of the interstate. I sat down with a fresh cup of institutional dark roast and two everything bagels I’d snagged at a deli Wednesday afternoon.

On my second cup of coffee, I phoned my daughter Maleah. She had graduated from SF State in June and was about to embark on her second European dance tour with her mother’s dance troupe, Walker’s Worldwide Dance, Inc. Eleven months ago, the troupe toured southern and eastern Europe. This time, it would be Scandinavia and the British Isles.

Cassady had wanted Maleah to come home for the summer, but she’d mounted stubborn resistance and was still in her shared rental in the inner Richmond. It was early and I was afraid she wouldn’t pick up. I was wrong. “Oh, hi Dad. I’m glad you caught me.

“In this third installment of the series, Nick Crane and his freedom fighters continue their battle against a group of so-called ‘super patriots’ known as The Principals. A story for our times, the book resonates in today’s political climate. Moore entertains with his clever prose, while giving us something to think about.

A great addition to an excellent set of thrillers.” — Joel W. Barrows, bestselling author of the Deep Cover series “L.A. PI Nick Crane is back, along with his partner, FBI Special Agent Carrie North, in Giant Steps, the final installment of their three-volume battle against the forces of evil, personified by the despicable Marguerite Ferguson and her lethal band of ‘super patriots’.

Patrick H. Moore’s prose is electric, pulsing with rat-a-tat jack-hammer energy, that spits out words like bullets. Warning: hang on tight for the ride of your life!” —Charles Salzberg, Shamus Award nominated author of Canary in the Coal Mine and Second Story Man “Giant Steps is the finale of Patrick H. Moore’s Nick-Crane-versus-The- Principals trilogy. Everything readers have anticipated about the dramatic final battle between Nick and Marguerite Ferguson—with long-suffering FBI SA Carrie North caught in the middle—comes to a thrilling head.

Moore delivers, serving up a landscape where only Nick Crane dares challenge the powers intent on destroying America.” —Ken Funsten, CFA; Director, Sisters-in-Crime, L.A. and author of What’s Really Unforgettable “Spilling over with investigative authority, in Giant Steps Patrick H. Moore weaves a modern PI thriller where freedom fighters and fake patriots wreak havoc across the dark landscape of a desolate yet familiar America.

Moore writes with the addictive panache of Lee Child and Vince Flynn.” —John Nardizzi, Shamus award finalist and author of Telegraph Hill and The Burden of Innocence “Veteran PI Nick Crane is on the run—until he decides to strike back. Teaming up with tough FBI agent Carrie North, Crane launches a daring sting to bring down Marguerite Ferguson, the ruthless leader of a shadowy cabal threatening America from within. Packed with grit, intrigue, and explosive action, Giant Steps is a razor-sharp thriller about courage, betrayal, and the cost of justice.”

—Michael D.

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• Title: –
• Author: Unknown
• Pages: 299
• Language: English (en)

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• Total Words: 100,030
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