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PLUM ISLAND BY NELSON DEMILLE
WARNER BOOKS, 511 PAGES


she nodded again, then said, "I've never been in a situation where I couldn't trust the people I was working with."

"I have. It's a real challenge -- watch your mouth, cover your ass, grow eyes in the back of your head, smell for rats, and listen to what's not said."

She glanced at me and asked, "Were you feeling okay back there?"

"I'm feeling fine."

"You should get some rest."

I ignored this and said to her, "Nash has a teeny weenie."

"Thank you for sharing that with me."

"Well, I wanted you to know because I saw you were interested in him and I didn't want you wasting time with a guy who has a third pinkie between his legs."

"That's very thoughtful of you. Why don't you mind your own business?"