Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

She had put on make-up in a colour scheme that indicated she might be colourblind.

Being a homicide detective ca be the loneliest job in the world. The friends of the victim are upset and in despair, but sooner or later - after weeks or months - they go back to their everyday lives. For the closest family it takes longer, but for the most part, to some degree, they too get over the grieving and despair. Life has to go on; it does go on. But the unsolved murders keep gnawing away and in the end there's only one person left who thinks night and day about the victim: it's the office who is left with the investigation.

You walk around feeling like a teenager and immortal your whole life, and suddenly there isn't much time left.

Writing detective stories is about writing light literature, for entertainment. It isn't primarily a question of writing propaganda or classical literature.

There is nothing to talk about" she said. "I'm just a freak that's all.

She's married. I'm more a friend and occasional lover.