The Scream

by Tom Nolan

He was between things, using his two hundred and fifty thousand dollar degree in comparative literature to make and deliver sandwiches to downtown professionals. The call came like it always did, from Marsha the secretary of Dr. Eric Gordon one of the deli regulars. Jonas made the sandwich himself, turkey club with cheddar cheese and extra honey mustard on a hard roll, and then decided to deliver the sandwich himself seeing as all of the delivery guys were out. It was a decision made without thought, he simply hung up his apron grabbed the brown paper bag off the counter and walked out the door.

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 11, 2013

About the author

Tom Nolan reviews mystery fiction forThe Wall Street Journal and has been a contributing editor for California and Los Angeles magazines.