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1 " seven sins are wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. "
― Carolyn Arnold , Eleven (Brandon Fisher FBI, #1)
2 " loved my wife. Paige was part of my past, obviously part of Jack’s present. "
3 " Maybe that’s why it was easier to fall into Paige’s arms while I was at the academy. At least I had molded that plausible excuse into a justifiable one. "
4 " when put into practice.” “You retired two years ago now.” “Just because I am no longer a priest doesn’t mean that I don’t live by the word. I practice peace—” “Make confessions.” “But of course. To be forgiven, one must confess one’s sins and repent.” Bingham’s words refreshed to the forefront, confess your sins, or don’t and be punished. “And you believe you have the power to forgive sins?” “As priest I served as a mediator between man and the "
5 " See like a dog,” Jack whispered to me. "
6 " That was the other woman. "
7 " Jack drove and somehow managed to only smoke one cigarette en route. I didn’t look forward to peeling my clothes off tonight at the hotel. The scent had leeched into the fabric yesterday as if it had a Velcro-like quality. "
8 " My room was number eleven, "
9 " The Kentucky accent by nature attributed softness to the speaker, a sense of innocence. It was uncanny to hear it coming from this man’s lips, a man who had tortured, murdered, and disemboweled at least nine people. "
10 " first case with the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit, and it took us to Salt Lick, Kentucky. The discovery was made this morning, and we were briefed and flown out from Quantico to the Louisville field office where we picked up a couple of SUVs. We drove from there and got here about four in the afternoon. We were in a bunker illuminated by portable lights brought in by the local investigative team. A series of four tunnels spread out as a root system beneath a house the size of a mobile trailer and extended under an abandoned cornfield. A doorway in the cellar of "
11 " Jack pulled out a cigarette, stuck it in his lips but didn’t "
12 " The human reaction to death and uncertainty, of wanting to know but not wanting the answers, of sympathy for those lost yet relief that it wasn’t us. "
13 " This isn’t TV where they solve murder in an hour.” The "
14 " priest "
15 " us looked at Zachery. “The large intestine contains a type of bacteria that can break down molecules the human body can’t break down itself. "
16 " I missed Deb with an ache in my chest. I wondered how she was making out at Nadia’s and worried if she were safe. I thought of calling last night, but by the time we got in, it was too late. "
17 " slipped a cigarette from the pack and lit up. I glared at him, but he didn’t seem to notice as he inhaled deeply and exhaled, filling the car with white, polluted smoke. I reached over, turned the key in the ignition and put my window down. “Why do you have to smoke all the time?” He tapped the "
18 " Royster was one sick shit.” The statement came from Zachery. "
19 " Jack could handle another cigarette right now. "
20 " DNA on a skeleton? "