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‘The Last Straw’
by Ed Duncan
Book Beginnings
First Lines

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Cover image of the book 'The Last Straw' by author Ed Duncan

THE LAST STRAW‘ (Pigeon – Blood Red – Book #2) by ED DUNCAN

BOOK BEGINNINGS / FIRST LINES 

CHAPTER ONE

“Perry Brumfield unzipped his pants as he entered the bedroom and strode confidently toward the queen size bed.

He was in his early thirties with neatly trimmed hair that didn’t quite cover the top of his ears. He was dressed in a black three-piece pinstripe suit with a yellow polka dot tie, and he wore black wingtip shoes that were so highly buffed you could almost see your face in them.

‘Hey, I need the money up front,’ Jean said, standing in the doorway behind him, her right hand on her hip and her left hand outstretched, palm up. She wore a short green, figure-hugging skirt with matching high heels and a white silk blouse. Her flowing red hair descended well below her shoulders.

He hesitated and turned toward her. He had had a few drinks and for the first time that evening, it started to show, or maybe she hadn’t been paying close enough attention until now. She usually took clients she didn’t know to hotel rooms, and she had initially balked at letting him come to her apartment, which was reserved for men she could trust (insofar as that was ever completely possible). But her girlfriend had vouched for this man and she had relented.

‘What if I don’t feel like it?’ he asked, smiling broadly.

Maybe he’s just playing around, Jean thought. He seemed harmless enough and, based on what her friend had told her, coupled with the way he dressed, money was clearly not something he had to worry about. ‘I’m sorry, sweetie,’ she said, smiling back at him, ‘but those are the house rules.’

His smile evaporated and turned into an angry snarl. ‘I said I don’t feel like it.’

‘Shit’, Jean said under her breath …”

Cover image of the book 'The Last Straw' by author Ed Duncan

So, you have taken a look, would you read the book?

Let me know what you think in the comments section below.

Just to give you an extra helping hand, here is the book’s premise …

Updated image of author Ed Duncan April 2020

THE LAST STRAW‘ (Pigeon – Blood Red – Book #2) by ED DUNCAN

Cover image of the book 'The Last Straw' by author Ed DuncanWhen a teenage girl witnesses a carjacking gone bad, she is marked for death by a crime boss with no apparent motive. A black lawyer and a white enforcer with an unlikely history forge an uneasy alliance to protect the girl from a hit man with an agenda of his own.

After they find out that the crime boss is the father of the black teenage carjacker, Paul Elliott – lawyer and close friend of the witness’s family – begins counseling them.

As the long-simmering feud between Rico and John D’Angelo reaches boiling point, bodies start to pile up in rapid succession… and old scores will be settled.

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