Added by: Au_claire | Karma: 26.92 | Fiction literature | 16 January 2011
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Gossip Girl #7: Nobody Does It Better
Socialites looking for a change of scenery need look no further than the Plaza. Serena and Jenny are checking in to party in the penthouse. Racy pictures of Jenny surface, landing her in trouble at Constance. while Blair won't check out until she and Nate have had some do-not-disturb time. The question is: which room would Nate rather sleep in?
In Silicon Valley slang, a “bozo explosion” is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, “If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don’t make sense”… then it’s time for a reality check.
He's a passionate stamp collector who likes art and dogs and who shows up for jury duty when he's called. He lives in Manhattan and, when packages of approval stamps come from dealers all over the country, he goes through the stamps in a couple of days, selects the ones he wants and returns the ones he doesn't along with a check for those he's selected and a handwritten note for the dealer. What's difficult to reconcile is what Keller does for a living. He's a hit man. Less euphemistically: he kills people for money.
Matt Scudder - former cop and alcoholic - has had enough. He plans to wind up his investigations and concentrate on his AA meetings and his lovely wife, Elaine. But he agrees to take one last case. Louise, a single woman, has finally met a man she likes - but she fears he's keeping something from her. She hires Matt to check him out. Meanwhile, Elaine's best friend, Monica, also has a secret lover. But Monica is more street-wise than Louise; to her it's just a game, one she's sure she can win. But before Matt can track down the identity of Louise's lover, Monica is found murdered in her apartment.
