Deep Dark Night

★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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I've always felt an element of fear about the jobs I do. In the right dosage it can help you. It gets your adrenaline firing, makes you think clearer, faster—gets you alert and ready to tackle anything that comes your way. But if the fear builds too much, all that good stuff swings things around; the nerves make you hesitant, jumpy and too cautious. That's when you start making mistakes. And mistakes, in my world, can be fatal.

Deep Dirty Truth

* Yeah, fine, my definition of a precarious location applies to perfectly safe—even benign—spots.

Deep Dark Night