First Impressions
A Novel
Prologue
The moment he saw the smirk on Bill's face, Jared knew he was going to be given a job he wouldn't like. So what did a man have to do to finally be able to choose his own assignments? he thought for the thousandth time. Get shot? Naw, he'd done that three times. How about getting kidnapped? That had happened twice. Hey! How about being home so seldom that his wife leaves him for some other guy, a used car salesman who is now the father of their three kids? Nope. That had happened too. So how about getting too old for the field? Too late. At forty-nine, Jared felt that he'd reached that age about six years ago.
"Don't look at me like that," Bill said, holding his office door open for Jared to enter.
Groaning, Jared put on a pronounced limp as he hobbled toward the chair opposite Bill's overloaded d ... read full excerpt from First Impressions: A Novel ebook