The Dreams of Ada (2006)
“It was heard by many of those involved in the Haraway case as they lay in their beds, awakened early by adrenaline rush.
Detective Captain Dennis Smith was out and about soon after, with his wife, tossing the day’s copies of the Daily Oklahoman onto the lawns of subscribers. Many of those involved in the trial due to begin that morning were startled as they unfolded the paper and read the front-page headline sprawled across four columns: CUSTOMERS FIND BODY OF CLERK Their astonishment was only ...momentary, however. The headline had nothing to do with the Haraway case. It referred to the robbery-murder of a male convenience store clerk in Oklahoma City the night before.
At 8 A.M., District Attorney Bill Peterson was already in his office, alone, behind a locked door. Even at that early hour the air was warm and moist; the heat wave was continuing, and the courthouse air conditioning had not yet taken effect. The district attorney removed the jacket of his suit. He sat in the large swivel chair behind his desk, leaned back, gazed abstractedly at the walls, on his face a look of contemplation.MoreLess
Detective Captain Dennis Smith was out and about soon after, with his wife, tossing the day’s copies of the Daily Oklahoman onto the lawns of subscribers. Many of those involved in the trial due to begin that morning were startled as they unfolded the paper and read the front-page headline sprawled across four columns: CUSTOMERS FIND BODY OF CLERK Their astonishment was only ...momentary, however. The headline had nothing to do with the Haraway case. It referred to the robbery-murder of a male convenience store clerk in Oklahoma City the night before.
At 8 A.M., District Attorney Bill Peterson was already in his office, alone, behind a locked door. Even at that early hour the air was warm and moist; the heat wave was continuing, and the courthouse air conditioning had not yet taken effect. The district attorney removed the jacket of his suit. He sat in the large swivel chair behind his desk, leaned back, gazed abstractedly at the walls, on his face a look of contemplation.MoreLess
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