Marie’s words landed with a punch. “Elaine…I…need to make some money. I’m so broke…in so many ways.” Marie’s raw, dire voice, worn and strained, traveled along the copper telephone lines of the Lower East Village and projected west 369 miles across New York State to Elaine…
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Chapter 4: KARALUS-WIP Meanwhile, the red siren’s lights flashed through the small window in the abandoned laundry building nearby, alerting State Detective George Karalus’s consciousness. George looked up from his long, yellow legal notepad; he was a middle-aged man with a belly. He dressed in a…
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Burmon INN Elaine gripped the hard steering wheel of the red Chevy on her way to the stag party. If she had just turned around, she could have defied her fate. She glanced at Marie in the bucket seat, her eyes fixed on the passenger mirror.…
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Chapter 31: June 2, 1970 AM “Ohio” by Crosby, Stills, and Nash played on the clock radio when Elaine opened her eyes. Her consciousness mingled with the lyrics, invoking instant tears. The thoughts of Thomas Trent’s head knocking the ground and Gino’s lethal threats, weighing her…
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I. Primary Source Intelligence & Investigative Files II. Local History & Expert Research III. Memoirs, Undercover Accounts & The Grift IV. Psychological & Surrealist Frameworks
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