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

I’m adding ‘canine’ to my searches,” I said. “And ‘instinct.’” “Whatever. I’m adding ‘lunatic.

Murder mysteries are puzzles that are fun to resolve.

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.

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.