In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do in mine.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

His attitude had always been that if a woman clearly indicated that she did not want anything more to do with him, he would go on his way. Not respecting such a message would in his eyes, show a lack of respect for her.

He comes off a little like Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs.

History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms as men, though hardly a war has been waged without women soldiers in the ranks.

To Sally, who showed me the benefits of the sport of golf.

Faste knew better than to argue with a doctor, since they were the closest things to God's representatives here on Earth.