by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 11, 2013 | Books, Serials
Twenty-Seven Base of the Tecate Range / 11:45 P.M. T he full moon hung west of them like a headlight itself. Calhoun had taken a jeep track that ran east toward the Tecate range. The desert had opened to a flat pan that was free of even cactus. He was able to get the...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 9, 2013 | Books, Serials
Twenty-Six Sonoran Desert / 11:35 P.M. Which way are we going?” “What difference does it make?” Calhoun said. He was looking into the jeep’s mirror. They’d moved Guzman all the way to the back. The girls were holding hands, Celeste...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 8, 2013 | Books, Serials
Twenty-Five The Plaza Tijuana / 10:25 P.M. The boy had followed Calhoun across the street from the Escondido. Calhoun had sent him away twice. But the boy wouldn’t go. He’d wandered off into the plaza as if he were watching out for him. The plaza was still...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 4, 2013 | Books, Serials
Twenty-Four Banco Popular / 10:00 P.M. Banks in Mexico close late. The Vascos had counted on that to make the difference, but, being foreigners, they hadn’t counted on the holiday. Customers, who had come in to cash their checks before the weekend, were queued...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jun 2, 2013 | Books, Serials
Twenty-Three The Escondido Bar / 10:00 P.M. No one knew where the riot started, exactly. By the time Calhoun drove down from El Cumbre, the streets around the city center were in chaos, bands of men smashing windows, people running out of businesses with television...
