Bloodlust

Bloodlust

Author: Sandra Brown Listening Length: 12h 29m

Two years ago, Detective Mitch Haskell lost his wife to a vicious act of retribution, and has since attributed her murder to two men: Roland Malone and the unidentified mastermind of the crime known only as Oz. Malone, a ruthless executioner and drug dealer who fronts as a restaurant owner, neutralizes so cleanly that ...

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El Paso couldn’t get over the rain. In his life, he’d never experienced this kind of rain, the gray, noisy, wet monotony of it. How did people live in a climate like this? Give him a blistering sun, hot air, and the dry, dusty desert any day of the week.

He hunched deeper into the high collar of his sweatshirt, but it had absorbed a lot of moisture and felt clammy. The least Oz could have done was give him a raincoat before sending him on this assignment.

Last night seemed like a weird dream. He’d been in that spooky warehouse watching Malone tightening the garrote destined for his throat. He’d been pleading for his life and promising to obey any future orders without hesitation or question.

That’s when Oz had said, “I’m very pleased to hear that.” Then, “Kill Roland.”