On Sep 19, 2008, at 8:51:50 AM, "Richard Moore" <moorich@aol.com>
wrote:
Crumley introduced the dog in one of the great opening lines in
detective fiction: "When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne,
he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts
in a ramshackle joint just outside of Sonoma, California drinking the
heart right out of a fine spring afternoon."
speaking of great opening lines, this is from T. Jefferson Parker's
STORM RUNNERS, which I'm currently reading:
"Stromsoe was in high school when he met the boy who would someday
murder his wife and son."
John Lau
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