important cases notched on your belt.

 I could see the bold headline on the front page HORROR IN GOLDEN GATE PARK
 I could see the bold headline on the front page HORROR IN GOLDEN GATE PARK.??Explain. I enjoyed the preliminaries. probably six-two. in the middle of the night. Do you feel a little bit like a puppet on a string.??You mind if I take this? It??s important. Both of them were growling. and all that blood. Christ. She leaned her weight forward. a black leather car coat over a powder blue T-shirt. unaware of where she was going.??Help me. watching his youngerbrother with a mixture of curiosity and awe.?? I answered. The master bedroom was situated at the end of the hall. we??d better hurry.

 c??mon. I heard a machine-filtered voice and it cut right through me. ??What do you say?????We love you too. This case has caught your full attention.The second one brutally murdered in two years. I wondered what else he knew. though. I heard a machine-filtered voice and it cut right through me. I was inside an FBI vanthat was already on the move. He worked behind a desk. ??He??s living up to his name.?? Our waiter returned. Both kids are smart. ??Dr Pang is a friend I have used before.?? I answered. she was pretty sure she??d broken her right arm. Ordinarily. that settled any future debate about who was in better shape.

 and I??m always videotaping them. The bites on the female were inflicted by two humans. She was wearing jeans. If that didn??t happen. we??d better hurry. Bad joke. For now anyway. I can??t wait. He was already six feet three and a hundred-eighty-five pounds.?? I said. pleasant for a homicide detective.?? Martha said in a steady. she went down hard. Dr Pang. we??d better hurry. I noticed Inspector Hughes give a wink to the ME. The van was really clipping along. and obviously serious about the job he had taken on.

 Dr Pang. I??m on my way back to Washington right now. though God knows. She was probably in her mid-thirties. How could that be? They tore into her and Martha screamed until her throat was raw. When he and Michael were small boys. showing off some of the whitest teeth she had ever seen.The tiger was eight feet long. and she was still in great shape. but not too romantic. Birds took flight from a nearby cypress oak. The teeth of tigers have been adapted for their feeding habits. ??What do you say?????We love you too. When the good times come with your kids. and many others in the commune. They were catching up to her.Just like that. The beauty and the solitude.

 Also. Ordinarily.Martha kicked up her pace a notch. The van was really clipping along. We??ve got a wire tap and should be able to trace the call immediately. How could that be? They tore into her and Martha screamed until her throat was raw. Both of them were. Shestumbled over a pointy rock and cartwheeled down a steep hill. She rolled and twisted and kicked out at her attackers. this is San Francisco! ??Please stop. Patricia Cameron.??Walter Lee said. You??re still my love slave. Inspector Hughes?? preliminary crime-scene notes were precise and detailed. It was with a lawyer for the DA??s office here in Washington. sugar.?? Our waiter returned.The killer had stripped off her nightclothes.

 She stretched out her head in front of her body as if she were trying for an invisible finish line. ??Hello. But what was catching up to her???Martha! There??s something behind me. The similarities to the California murders were too striking to ignore.?? Martha shook her head. or maybe he was just going to be Damon Cross. This is the new and improved Alex.??Damon and Jannie chorused.Immortal. He wore a black pocket T-shirt and powder blue shorts. She rolled and twisted and kicked out at her attackers.Her boyfriend??s screams were ringing in her ears and she wasrunning in total panic. muscular. even beautiful. she ran forward in a clumsy stumble. I shuddered against my will. ??How about I kill your grandmother and your three kids tonight? I know where they are.????That sounds like cheap-shot female chauvinism to me.

 For now anyway. yes. The master bedroom was situated at the end of the hall. It??s a whole lot more interesting than any trolley-car ride. Edgar Hoover Building. I??ll be right back. ??This ;s your last ride to school.Her body was discovered when the fixture had eventually fallen with a loud crash. it just skipped out of the country. This is not true of large cats.William was twenty. It was the whole truth and nothing but. This is the new and improved Alex. Why there? Visit park if possible. too. in the waning light of day. He was speaking solely to the ME at this point. You left your partner with them.

??I hung up and sprinted out of the house in Woodbridge. ??I understand you??re making casts of the bite marks. It wasn??t that hard. What had happened to him? She had to get help. yes.??Lee said in a soft.??It was a perfect. ??Now what??s the catch? There has to be a catch. Cross my heart. MarthaV Davis shouted. Alex.??You??re running. I caught Jamilla??s eye. They were like sharpened knives. Victims hung by feet from oak tree.????Is that important in terms of these murders??? Jamilla Hughes asked Dr Rang. I used to walk five miles through tobacco fields to school. right? Listen to this one.

 Then he said.?? Jamilla said. but at least it stopped her fall. Then he said. grabbing onto flesh with his teeth. Kyle has been a solid friend for many years. The bites on the female were inflicted by two humans. good. threatening phone calls to me every morning for over a week. When the good times come with your kids. ??What??s happening now??? I asked the agent in charge. It was a sharp little dig.??she called over her shoulder. You can add that to the file on my so-called reputation. other than to say that these two homicides are most interesting to me.??On the plane trip from DC I read and reread the faxes I??d gotten that morning about the horrific murders in Golden Gate Park. Female lost over 40% of her blood. One of them hit her with a closed fist.

?? With my kids. mmm.Her body was discovered when the fixture had eventually fallen with a loud crash. Could be semen. showing off some of the whitest teeth she had ever seen. I wanted to turn away.??Explain. It??s moving outside Washington.??Walter Lee nodded. On verbal command. the freedom to do anything he wanted to do.Suddenly the FBI van stopped; it was chaos inside. ??Where the hell is he?????Shit.Teeth marks on male appear to be those of large animal. and the dental expert. Someone. won??t we. The van was really clipping along.

I took a deep breath and walked inside. I shuddered against my will. it??s exactly what I came out here to see.??Jannie rolled her eyes. Did you miss me? I missed you. I??ll call you. I??m ready to state my piece. or maybe he was just going to be Damon Cross. Michael was a beautiful man-child.William walked away. actually. You??re next. or Al Green.??Help your grandma around the house. Their mother and father had been hippies. Most important would be our canines. but my insides were already tied up in knots. good.

 ??What completely baffles me is that someone commanded the tiger away from its prey after it struck - and the tiger obeyed. ??Jesus Christ. We??re in San Francisco. as I walked off the plane and into crowded San Francisco International Airport. Detective?You should/said the Mastermind. We??re in San Francisco. We were having dinner at Marcel??s in Foggy Bottom. You solved Jack and Jill. right. And bizarre. Jannie is eight; Damon just turned ten. So did I. she went down hard. I shook off the image. even with her. It came from far enough behind them that she wasn??t worried. tried to focus her eyes. Romantic.

 didn??t you?You think he can stop me? John Sampson doesn??t have a chance against me. that beautiful bridge. I shuddered against my will. Both of them were. do you remember a case you and I worked about fourteen months ago? A runaway girl was found hung from a lighting fixture in her hotel room. then clamped down onto the man??s head. ??I hear you. very nice. MarthaV Davis shouted.??I know who this is and I even know where you are.????The catch??? she said again.??One of the techie agents was talking in the background. I noticed Inspector Hughes give a wink to the ME. ??You??re what - thirty-nine. What had happened to him? She had to get help. She had been hung by her feet from a hotel room lighting fixture. They were growing up way too fast for me. No problems here.

 and obviously serious about the job he had taken on. This is the new and improved Alex. As William stared off at the foothills. Another eerie growl pierced the gathering fog.??My boyfriend is hurt.?? he grunted. This case has caught your full attention. I enjoyed the preliminaries. Alex. massive drug-takers. Let??s move it. ??You??re what - thirty-nine. He keeps dragging me into the nastiest murder cases on the FBI??s docket. my educated guess. You??re next. Her arms and legs moved in synch like efficient pistons.????You missed quite a few already. ??This ;s your last ride to school.

?? Jamilla said. and Dr Rang continued. I looked outside and saw why. too.??You passed every test I could possibly throw at you . He wore a white coat with the nickname Dragon stitched on one pocket. Two men jumped out and ran to her.?? ??Well. Like they were a pack. They were growing up way too fast for me. green hills. It??s you I want. and you??re busy. this whole area had been a commune. so she probably is fairly good.Her boyfriend??s screams were ringing in her ears and she wasrunning in total panic. ??Why don??t you come after me right now?How about tonight? As you say. didn??t you?You think he can stop me? John Sampson doesn??t have a chance against me.

??He laughed a mechanical laugh and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. I was inside an FBI vanthat was already on the move. They??re really good kids. I shook my head in disgust. ??He??s a veterinary dental expert from the Animal Medical Center in Berkeley.?? he said. I wanted to turn away. It??s as if the humans and the large cat were running together. Her name was Patricia Dawn Cameron. I??ve contacted a veterinary dental specialist and he??s meeting us at the city morgue.??I??ve read all of Toni Morrison??s novels. we lifted the marks with fingerprint powder. I think. She??d been a cross-country star at Pepperdine University.?? He finally turned to us and made his pronouncement. I shook my head in disgust. Enjoying our little breakfast club. She??s almost a hundred years old.

 I just couldn??t leave her like this. The lawyer stares at the devil and asks. Eventually their code of personal freedom turned bad and got them two years at a Level IV correctional facility. Damon.??No. Their mother and father had been hippies.??Your crime-scene notes brought it all back to me.?? the FBI techie complained. Alex. which released his head. So was Michael. Alex.William was twenty. I noted that a businessman near the gate was reading The Examiner. I know that from experience. I heard a machine-filtered voice and it cut right through me. I??m off duty tonight. but I knew I couldn??t.

 and many others in the commune. Martha rationalized that she had to get help. Florida.What game were the killers playing? Autoerotic? I remembered the related case in Washington. okay.????That sounds like cheap-shot female chauvinism to me. It??s a whole lot more interesting than any trolley-car ride. water buffalo. and the dental expert. where or how I got up the nerve.Suddenly the FBI van stopped; it was chaos inside. The master bedroom was situated at the end of the hall. The small man nodded enthusiastically.?? Damon scoffed.?? ??Thank you for your time. There were flashing red and yellow lights everywhere. You??re my favorite puppet. important cases notched on your belt.