STAYING ALIVE (Book Three of The Miami Crime Trilogy)
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We lay on the damp sheets. She reached to the nightstand and tossed one of her pills into her mouth, downing it with a swallow of water from her half-full glass. It reminded me the Lex I took in my car was now in full gear. My senses, already keen from our fantastic sex, were sharper than ever.
Laura Lee lay on her back and turned her head to look at me. A smile drifted onto her face, and then in an instant, it disappeared. Her eyes widened in fear. She lifted her head from the pillow, then in a jolting move, raised herself up to one elbow.
"What is it?" I said. "What's wrong?"
"That," she said. "Shh. Listen. Do you hear it? They're outside. They do this every night. They're out in the fucking yard! Do you hear it?"
I listened carefully, attuning everything to the yard beyond the bedroom window. Then I said, "Yes. I hear it."
She turned her head toward me, disbelief all over her face. Then, she lowered herself into my arms and held me tight. Tighter than I would've thought possible for her.
"You can really hear them?" she asked. "Really and truly? They've been watching me for months, you know. Ever since I called you that first time."
"Yes." I encircled her slight little body with my arms and legs. "Yes," I said. "I can really hear them." And you know, I really could.
That was the last thing I remember before we drifted off to sleep, naked in each other's arms.
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I have loved noir fiction all my life. Among my favorite authors are Jim Thompson, Mickey Spillane, Don Winslow, and David Goodis. I've called South Florida home for twenty-five years, and I've devoted myself to completing the Miami Crime Trilogy. Staying Alive is the final novel in that series.
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