Opening Shots: Deadline

When his girlfriend greeted him at the door dressed only in a T-shirt and thong, then kissed him hard on the mouth without a word before pulling him into her ground-floor bedroom, she was so worked up she didn't even notice that he was wearing gloves.

Deadline
by Simon Kernick
(Corgi, 2008)

Note: This is only available in a UK edition (so far), but I was able to order a copy through Murder By the Book in Houston, Texas.