Calvin Bates
Possible aliases: Bates
Read the book snippet Spoilers · Battleground
The Organization, in the person of Calvin Bates, had talked to John Renshaw. Pow. Mourners please omit flowers.
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Characters in Battleground
5 named character entries recorded in Battleground. Open a snippet for the book’s wording.
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Hans Morris
Possible aliases: Morris
Read the book snippet Spoilers · Battleground
… been that of a sallow Miami businessman named Hans Morris, founder and owner of the Morris Toy Company. Someone had wanted Morris out of the way and had gone to the Organization. The Organization, in the person of Calvin Bates, had talked to John Renshaw. Pow. Mourners please omit flowers.
John Renshaw
Possible aliases: Mr. Renshaw
Read the book snippet Spoilers · Battleground
… John Renshaw was a human hawk, constructed by both genetics and environment to do two things superbly: kill and survive. After Bates's call, a buff-colored envelope appeared in Renshaw's box. A name, an address, a photograph.
Linda
Read the book snippet Spoilers · Battleground
… Renshaw went back to the bureau and got the heavy mahogany odds-and-ends box Linda had given him for Christmas. He hefted it once, nodded, and went to the doorway and lunged through.
Ralph
Read the book snippet Spoilers · Battleground
“Call a cab, huh, Ralph? We'll have to talk to the cops if something happened up there, and I ain't supposed to be out with you.” “Sure, yeah.”