Ben locked his eyes on mine for a long moment. Then, “How?” “How do you think?” I smiled, then slapped him full across the face

Im studying jerkoffs in the wild," Ben answered dryly. "This seemed like a good chance to view one up close.

Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

What gives my books authenticity is that I actually do what it is I'm writing about. I think the fact that I am in the autopsy room, I go to the crime scene and I do work in the lab gives my books this flavor that otherwise they wouldn't have.