Name that author

[jwgh]

On a busy European street, the killer serpentined through a crowd. He was a powerful man. Dark and potent. Deceptively agile. His muscles still felt hard from the thrill of his meeting.

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[donutgirl.livejournal.com]

I cheated and googled it, but I should have guessed. Not that I've read it, God knows, but still I should have guessed.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

I did guess, but Googled just to be certain, and I was right.

After all, didn't I make a post bitching about this very thing a few days ago? Why yes, yes I did.

[junquegrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm going to say Douglas Preston or that dude who wrote the Da Vinci Code... ah - Dan Brown?

[junquegrrl.livejournal.com]

also, while i have a head of steam,
what does "deceptively agile" mean? doesn't that imply he looks agile but in fact is NOT? or is it me...

[ceruleanst.livejournal.com]

He blinked and boggled in disbelief. He read the sentence again and again, confirming his worst fears. It was a palindrome, the symbol of the Ancient Discordian Cult. One-word palindromes like "wow" and "radar" could be found throughout history, showing how pervasive the secret society's influence was. Discordian writings about how to bring about the end of the world made references to the idea of writing a palindrome longer than one word, but scientists had long dismissed such a thing as impossible. But here, etched in horrible crimson, for the eighth time today, was exactly that frightening, unimaginable thing. His heart raced. He felt even more certain that this all had to be connected with the mysterious theft of three tons of weapons-grade buckminsterfullerine. He also knew he had to get to Panama, and fast.