24/7 – A type of convenience store mentioned throughout the series. It is called a 24/7 as it is open for business twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.[1] Chirpy music plays in every 24/7, on or off planet, and they are filled with grab-it-and-go food, overpriced staples of everyday living, and a wall of Autochefs. Clerks tended to be kids or seniors who would work ridiculous hours for stingy pay.[2] Other mentions.[3]
- In Rapture in Death, Arthur Foxx told Eve he picked up a few things there, including Veggie-Smokes, which he had the urge for occasionally. When Eve told him it’s a simple matter to check with the 24/7 and determine exactly what he purchased, he confessed that he bought tranqs. “I wanted to tranq out for the night. I wanted a smoke.”[4]
- In Conspiracy in Death, Eve gave Officer Bowers credits to purchase coffee for Peabody and her at the nearest 24/7, mainly to get her out of the way so she could talk to Trueheart.[5] Bowers later bought a quart of chocolate chunky ice cream at a 24/7 near her apartment, but never got to eat it, as she was murdered before reaching her apartment.[6]
- In Witness in Death, Peabody told Eve they were going to go right by a couple 24/7s crossing town on the way to interview Carly Landsdowne. “Maybe we could stop and get some hot chocolate.” Eve told her the stuff they sell there is swill, and Peabody replied sadly, “Yeah, but it’s chocolate swill.” Eve did stop, and Peabody bought coconut crunchies to piss Eve off since she hates coconut, and chocolate chip cookies because she's nice that way.[7]
- The sandwich joint on East 119th Street that was bombed by the Soldados in 2043 had become a 24/7 by Salvation in Death.[8] Also, Joe Inez was busted for robbing a 24/7 and did some time before he straightened out his life.[9]
- In Chaos in Death, Wilson Bickford worked as a stock boy at the 24/7 near the Canal Street Clinic.[10]
- There’s a 24/7 on the mezzanine level of the New York West building, but Jerald Reinhold decided to walk to the Handy Mart for snacks instead in Thankless in Death.[11] There’s also a “twenty-four/seven cafe across the street” from Lori Nuccio’s building, but that’s actually Chelsea.[12]
- In Secrets in Death, Eve ruled out Carly Mae Juno as an alias for Larinda Mars because she was an assistant manager of a 24/7: “No way Mars would settle.” Later she decided to trace her in case Mars was trying to amuse herself by using the name of a goddess instead of a planet and the irony of a 24/7 clerk (she wasn’t).[13]
- In Encore in Death, Peabody told Eve that only the desperate buy a slice at a 24/7. Eve told her Debra Bernstein might have been feeling desperate after killing the wrong person (Brant Fitzhugh instead of Eliza Lane). “The cardboard slices at a 24/7 might have to do.”[14]
- There was a dingy 24/7 on the corner of the block where Open Doors was located in Payback in Death.[15]
- The jonesing junkie two rookies were bringing into Cop Central in Passions in Death tried to throw somebody through the window of a 24/7. He managed to break free of the cops, launching himself at Eve when she stepped out of the elevator. Her hip struck the floor hard enough to sing, but she rolled clear and tripped him as he was scrambling to get up.[16]
This is not to be confused with a twenty-four seven (24/7) droid that is programmed for full operation without required rest or recharge periods.[17]
References:
- ↑ Portrait in Death (ISBN 0-425-18903-1), p. 14; Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 285, 324
- ↑ Portrait in Death, Chapter 2
- ↑ Innocent in Death, Chapters 5 and 14; Fantasy in Death, Chapter 2; Possession in Death, chapter 3; Celebrity in Death, Chapter 9; Delusion in Death, Chapter 13; Calculated in Death, Chapter 1; Taken in Death, Chapter 6; Devoted in Death, Chapter 18; Apprentice in Death, Chapters 2 and 12; Echoes in Death, Chapter 5; Desperation in Death, Chapter 1; Encore in Death, Chapter 12
- ↑ Rapture in Death, Chapter 7
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Conspiracy in Death, Chapter 12
- ↑ Witness in Death, Chapter 18
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), pp. 222, 255, 285
- ↑ Salvation in Death (ISBN 978-0-399-15522-2), p. 324
- ↑ Chaos in Death, Chapter 1
- ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 21
- ↑ Thankless in Death, Chapter 8
- ↑ Secrets in Death, Chapter 18
- ↑ Encore in Death, Chapter 15
- ↑ Payback in Death, Chapter 8
- ↑ Passions in Death, Chapter 17
- ↑ Glory in Death (ISBN 0-425-15098-4), p. 40