Tanner's Tiger

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1、TANNER’STIGERANEVANTANNERNOVELLAWRENCEBLOCKThisone’sforSPIDERROBINSON,andit’sabouttimeContentsChapter1OurflightleftKennedyat8:25onanunusuallyunpleasant...1Chapter2Canada.12Chapter3AtKennedyIcarriedMinnafromtheplane.Oneof...27Chapter4Ourhotelwasnotexactlythat

2、.Alltheadvanceplanning...37Chapter5Ithinkthehelicopterpilotwasdrunk.Hiseyeswandered...48Chapter6Oneofthefewnicethingsaboutahorseis...62Chapter7ThetubinwhichIsatwasnearlyasdeep...73Chapter8IhadbreakfastreadywhenArletteawokethenextmorning.82Chapter9Aroundnineo

3、’clockthatnightSethandRandolphcameto...97Chapter10Theflashlightworriesme,”Arlettesaid.102Chapter11Thebulletthatwillkillmeisnotyetcast.121Chapter12Ofcourseyourealizethatitissuicide.”129Chapter13TheywereallattheapartmentwhenIgotback.144Chapter14Arlettedidn’tha

4、veamapoftheMontrealareaon...152Chapter15ItriedtogooverthewholeoperationwithArlette.164Chapter16WeleftArlette’splaceataquartertoseven.I...181Chapter17Iranthroughbrushandtallgrass,headingforthe...192Chapter18Asourpilotpointedout,itwouldn’tbefittingto...202Chap

5、ter19ButIwaswrong.Wedidn’twindupinLos...224Afterword232AbouttheAuthorPraiseOtherBooksbyLawrenceBlockCoverCopyrightAboutthePublisherChapter1OurflightleftKennedyat8:25onanunusuallyun-pleasantTuesdaynightinagenerallyhorribleAugust.Forthepasttwoweeksthepeoplewho

6、aresupposedtoknowaboutsuchthingshadbeenforecastingraintobefollowedbyabreakintheheat.Therainhadheldoffandtheheathadprevaileduntiltheweatherpeopleap-pearedtobeparticipantsinsomesortofmeteorologi-calmartingalesystem,resolutelydoublingtheirbetsontheRainandCooler

7、linewhileHotandClearturnedupdayafterdismalday.Iftheydidn’thitsoon,theywouldrunoutofchips.Meanwhile,wewererunningoutofNewYork.Notliterallyrunning,ofcourse.Flying.Although,afterweboardedthebig727andfastenedourseatbeltsandlistenedtothelittleillustratedsermonabo

8、utproperuseofoxygenmasks,itappearedasthoughwewereneitherrunningnorflyingfromNewYorktoMontreal.Instead,itlookedasifweweregoingtodrivethere.Theplanetaxiedtoandfro,toandfro.Thepilotputmanymilesonth