Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m
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Think of the movie RED. Retired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong? From the bestselling authors of Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series. Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died, and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her ...

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A fter Rose went back upstairs, I remained on duty, albeit struggling to fight the urge to join her. I dug out my satphone and went into the kitchen, leaving Maggs in the hallway, figuring the kitchen door combined with being on another floor would be enough to prevent the call from bothering Rose in her bedroom.

I had a hard time getting a signal inside, so I propped open the kitchen door and stood just outside until I got a linkup. Herc answered on the second buzz. It was rare it went longer than that, regardless of time of day. He was one of those people who could operate on an hour or two of sleep. Or, like Serena, he was a vampire, although I leaned toward him being a zombie, lacking any traits of humanity, even the need to drink blood.

“Max. How is Rocky Start?”