“I’m somebody who never had a chance.”
Creeley is a courier, a drug and money courier to be exact. She travels where ever Animal tells her to go. She’s one of his best – never any trouble from her while on the road.
Reliable he’d say. Of course, until the trip to California she had been entirely dependable.
She was returning to the place she ran away from and a mother who turned tricks to support her habit. Creeley had never looked back until a bit of curiosity grabbed her.
It was a meeting with the man who’d helped her as a boy, hop the freight train away back then. He told Creeley her mother was in prison for murder.
Animal is calling, and texting, steamed about her delay and excuses, and then furious about her non-responsiveness. But Creeley is on a mission of something indefinable because her mother told her she was innocent.
A Good Rush of Blood is great noir book and reading how the writing by Matt Phillips has evolved was a very rewarding experience. You’ll enjoy it too.
I reviewed the Matt Phillips book Countdown back in 2019. Click Here to read that review and Click Here to read the Q&A with him.
~June Lorraine Roberts
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