But death wouldn’t deter her killer. It would whet his appetite. He’d look at her corpse and see only an object of desire. Someone he can control. She doesn’t resist him. She is cool, passive flesh, y...
Beni burada seni bekler halde bırakmışken, beni sevdiğini nasıl söyleyebilirsin?
A ROW OF SKULLS glared from atop a wall of intricately stacked femurs and tibias. Though it was June, and she knew the sun was shining on the streets of Paris sixty feet above her, Dr. Maura Isles fel...
A Dr. Mikovitz. He says you left a message this morning with one of his colleagues. Oh, of course. Maura picked up the phone. This is Dr. Isles. Jane turned her gaze back to the X ray, to those three...
Yine kilerdeki gizli yerinde saklanmıştı. Ama küçük bir çocuk değildi şimdi; tam on dörtyaşındaydı ve bu küçük deliğe artık zar zor sığıyordu. Eskiden oynadıkları o neşeli bir saklambaç oyunlarından ç...
We're all struggling to stay upright, Maura thought. Resisting the pull of temptation,just as we fight the pull of gravity. And when we finally fall, it's always such a surprise.
This is the way modern men do battle, not with spear and sword, but with credit cards. My platinum beats your gold. Poor Elliot with his unisex Minolta is left in the dust,
They slept because they were exhausted and weak and because most human beings can learn to endure almost anything, even the cries of the tormented. It was not that their hearts had hardened; it was be...
She was the only woman in the homicide unit, and already there had been problems between her and another detective, charges of sexual harassment, countercharges of unrelenting bitchiness.
Now we sit and wait, the woman said, and she settled into a chair, the gun on her lap.What are we waiting for? Jane asked.The woman stared at her. Said, calmly: The end.
I’ve just confirmed every bad joke ever told about second violin players. Question: How many second violinists does it take to screw in a lightbulb? Answer: They can’t go that high. Gerda
It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog.
Confirmation bias had tripped many a scientist, and no doubt many a cop as well. You find only what you’re looking for, which makes it far too easy to overlook everything else.
Acım tıpkı organlarımı kemiren bir yaratık gibi hala canlı.Ölmeyecek.Ölmeyi reddediyor.Onu oraya sen koydun, sen ektin, embriyoya onca yılın besinini verdin.Ve sonra yürüyüp gittin.Bana iyilik yaptığı...
Society thinks of violent acts as manifestations of evil or immorality. We're told we have ultimate control over our own behavior, that each and every one of us has the free will to choose not to hurt...
Seni ne için affedeceğim? Bana masumiyetin gerçek anlamını gösterdiğin için mi? İnanmaya programlandığım her kibirli nosyonu sorgulamama sebep olduğun için mi? Salak olduğumu fark etmemi sağladığın iç...
Prey animals such as zebras and antelope have eyes at the sides of their heads, but a predator’s eyes face forward. Always show the cat your face. Let her see where your eyes are, and she’ll know you’...
Nadine did a lot of listening. It was the men who seemed to do all the talking.
My name is Mila, and this is my journey.There are so many places where I could begin the story. I could start in the town where I grew up, in Kryvicy, on the banks of the Servac River, in the district...
Mutlu sonlar kendiliğinden gelmez.Bazen bunun için çaba harcamak gerekir.