the dreadful lemon sky Author:john d. macdonald We had had something together once, Carrie Mulligan and I. But it was long gone. — She came to me now, years later, looking older and used and very scared. She had a lot of money with her. Over a hundred thousand dollars. She wanted me to keep it safe. Until she returned. And no questions please---for old times' sake. — So I kept the money, but Ca... more »rrie never came back. And never would. She was suddenly very dead.
The papers said it was an accident. But I din't believe it for a moment. I did not know then that Carrie had been mixed up in a dangerous and dirty business. But I suspected it.
And I was certain that someone had "arranged" that accident. Now I was damn well going to find out.« less