Going Places With Jeff Abbott, Lisa Unger, and Brian Panowich
The importance of location in mysteries can never be stressed enough.
Mysteries that give us a sense of place make that area be it a city, region or country a true character that effects the plot and the people who inhabit the story.
And that place can vary from author to author. Michael Connelly’s Los Angeles is different from Robert Crais and a different city than that of Denise Hamilton or Rachel Howzell Hall or Steph Cha. And these different visions make for more involving novels.
But sometimes it’s the location that is the constant as different characters inhabit the landscape.
911 emergency. yes, hi. i work at a place called cash valley. i ve just been robbed by a man. just moments after he s fled, police arrive. then cy. it felt very good to get a big safe hug from him. it was very sweet. i was just so happy to see her. i m just so proud of her. angie s able to identify her attacker. his name is junior faye. and he was in the store just days earlier. in fact, angie had helped him with a loan. he s arrested the same day as the attack and pleads guilty to aggravated robbery. he s serving at least five years in prison. it turns out the gun is a fake. still, after seeing the video, cy can t comprehend what his wife went through. i still watch it and go why was he so physically mean, you know,? all he had to do is pull the gun up and say give me the money and she would have complied a million times over. just didn t make sense. today cy mans the store, and
yes, hi. i work at a place called cash valley. i ve just been robbed by a man. just moments after he s fled, police arrive. then cy. it felt very good to get a big safe hug from him. it was very sweet. i was just so happy to see her. i m just so proud of her. angie s able to identify her attacker. his name is junior faye. and he was in the store just days earlier. in fact, angie had helped him with a loan. he s arrested the same day as the attack and pleads guilty to aggravated robbery. he s serving at least five years in prison. it turns out the gun is a fake. still, after seeing the video, cy can t comprehend what his wife went through. i still watch it and go why was he so physically mean? you know? all he had to do is pull the gun up and say give me the money and she would have complied a million times over. just didn t make sense. today cy mans the store, and he s made a few security
by this time, angie has convinced her attacker to leave before he gets caught. 911 emergency. yes, hi. i work at a place called cash valley. i ve just been robbed by a man. just moments after he s fled, police arrive. then cy. it felt very good to get a big safe hug from him. it was very sweet. i was just so happy to see her. i m just so proud of her. angie s able to identify her attacker. his name is junior faye. and he was in the store just days earlier. in fact, angie had helped him with a loan. he s arrested the same day as the attack and pleads guilty to aggravated robbery. he s serving at least five years in prison. it turns out the gun is a fake. still, after seeing the video, cy can t comprehend what his wife went through. i still watch it and go why was he so physically mean? you know? all he had to do is pull the gun up and say give me the money and
frustrated. trying to tie her down. then all of a sudden, the phone rings. her attacker goes to rip the phone out of the wall, but mistakenly knocks it to the floor. the caller on the other end is angie s husband, cy, and now he s listening to the unthinkable, his wife begging for her life. i hear angie just screaming, saying, please don t hurt me. please don t hurt me. i m a mom. i have two kids. just hearing your wife plead for her life is just the most helpless feeling thing you ve ever had in your life. cy screams into the phone. i kept yelling, what s going on? what s going on? who s there? angie can t hear him. with one hand on the phone, cy picks up his cell and starts calling 911. then he rushes to the store. by this time, angie has convinced her attacker to leave before he gets caught. 911 emergency. yes, hi. i work at a place called cash valley. i ve just been robbed by a man. just moments after he s fled, police arrive.