Resolved
A Novel
Chapter One
From: Resolved
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The governor was late. No governor, no ceremony; the
distinguished people gathered in the private office of the
district attorney muttered to themselves and to their pals.
They brought out their cell phones and their Date Minders and
juggled their schedules. The office buzzed with talk, quiet or
annoyingly loud, directed at people not physically present, so
that the place took on the appearance of a day room in a
mental institution. The DA himself, John X. Keegan, did not
talk on either a cell or a regular phone, but simply relaxed,
smiling, a drink in his big fist, and chatted quietly to a
small group of men who were too big to bother about their own
schedules. Keegan wore a wide white smile on his broad red
face. It had hardly been off that face (not even in slumber)
since he had gotten the news of his appointment some months
ago. Today was his last day as district attorney after nearly
a decade on the job. He was going to become a federal judge, a
lifetime's ambition, or rather an important step toward his
real ambition. It had ... read full excerpt from Resolved: A Novel ebook
