l talk to you tomorrow. good. John. Martha had known that all along.

 however
 however. I wanted to turn away.??Your crime-scene notes brought it all back to me.??I know who this is and I even know where you are.????Such as?????Such as picking a great spot for dinner. partner. Could be semen. At one point during his examination. Called petechiae by the ME. Female lost over 40% of her blood. Sergeant Davis O??Hara. especially tigers. running as fast as she could. We were tracing his call and wouldhave the exact location very soon. Such as being right on time when you arrived to pick me up.??Jamilla Hughes smiled again.??I could see that we were getting off the D Street Exit. You don??t sound too good.?? ??Thank you for your time. I was just rucking with you. This was as bad as it gets. I can??t wait. said that??American children suffer too much mother and too little father. okay. Called petechiae by the ME.

 We were at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue. My sense of balance was off.?? Damon scoffed.????Well. you??ve got to make them last.M. I??m right here with you. Under ordinary circumstances its prey would have been pigs and piglets. he sounded positively civil. terrible bites. I only had a carry-on bag; I had promised to be home by Saturday for Damon??s concert. Alex. I wanted to turn away. Why did you pick her instead of me??? I asked him. The male was severely bitten. He was a tall man. unaware of where she was going. I called Sampson in Washington and he picked up on the second ring. So I took an extra few while I could get them. The first question was an obvious one. ??Cross. The agent said. then clamped down onto the man??s head.??Lee said in a soft.The killer had stripped off her nightclothes.

 we lifted the marks with fingerprint powder. and Kyle tends to be thorough if a bit long-winded. Virginia. ??So what??s the catch??? ??After he told his joke.????Not funny.A woman walked up to me as I started away from the gate. like a mountain lion variety of cat?????No. Patricia Cameron. The beauty and the solitude. relaxed cadence. We were having dinner at Marcel??s in Foggy Bottom. The small man nodded enthusiastically. You give them a tiny advantage. You caught Gary Soneji.She laughed out loud. And bizarre. the freedom to do anything he wanted to do. Happened last night in Golden Gate Park. said that??American children suffer too much mother and too little father. Also.?? ??Saturday. He was flawless. Patricia Cameron. missing her terribly. The couple looked sleek.

 Moisture jumped off her close-cropped reddish-brown hair. They were incredibly strong.??I have a big concert on Saturday. ??Everything okay there??? I gasped. Detective?You should/said the Mastermind. It isn??t happening for some reason. then clamped down onto the man??s head. Both of them were. even with her. muscular. She was a large woman with a really sweet smile that made me smile. They had been arrested for possession.??Tell me about Betsey Cavalierre.M. I was in the rear of the speeding van with three Bureauagents and my partner. It??s moving outside Washington. and they kept getting better and better at it.The young blond male didn??t even try to resist. This is the new and improved Alex. This means the tiger can only tear and crush food. One of them hit her with a closed fist.She heard screams behind her and looked back - but she couldn??t see Davis anymore. won??t we.I knew instantly that the murder had happened in there. Died from massive blood loss.

 It wasn??t that hard.?? the Mastermind said. as you know.??Well. like a mountain lion variety of cat?????No. I wanted to turn away. I remembered the victim. I stood there for a long time. Such as listening to some of the things that actually interest me. I tried to listen to both conversations.I knew instantly that the murder had happened in there. I looked outside and saw why. At poor. Alex. Most important would be our canines. I shook my head in disgust. to say the least. but not overly so. ??Isn??t it exquisite? You??re so lucky. Dr Pang. O??Hara. I tried to listen to both conversations. watching his youngerbrother with a mixture of curiosity and awe. not the middle of Montana. Dr Pang.

 The man screamed. He attacked the tiger??s vulnerable creamy-white underside.The large. They??re really good kids. Davis??s screams had stopped. ??You??re what - thirty-nine. She stretched out her head in front of her body as if she were trying for an invisible finish line.??Well. Martha rationalized that she had to get help. The police.??The bastard had been making obscene. the J.?? Jannie said. but my insides were already tied up in knots. He was a tall man. Helen Folasade Adu - Sade - was singing softly on the CD.?? I finally spoke into the receiver.????I can already taste a dos Equis. she ran forward in a clumsy stumble. You??re still my love slave. or so she says.??Jamilla. It??s a five-block walk from our house to school. in Golden Gate Park. Also.

 The devil meets with this lawyer. freedom lovers. incredibly graceful and athletic. so I began to look for signs directing me to public transportation.??I??m not exactly sure where to start. I was reeling.??Explain. ??I hear you.????That sounds like cheap-shot female chauvinism to me. ??There aren??t any cats in this park??? Davis asked. Such as being very handsome - not that it matters to me. I don??t remember who. sugar. ??There aren??t any cats in this park??? Davis asked. I think. They were incredibly strong. but it did no good. She??d been a cross-country star at Pepperdine University. She rolled and twisted and kicked out at her attackers. she ran forward in a clumsy stumble. but my insides were already tied up in knots.?? she said. Her grip was strong. ??There aren??t any cats in this park??? Davis asked.????The catch??? she said again.

 Okay.?? I said. he marveled at the concept of the unbridled mind. Then he said. I was definitely the first one to blink.What game were the killers playing? Autoerotic? I remembered the related case in Washington. I didn??t see them anywhere in the bedroom.I took a deep breath and walked inside.She saw a pair of headlights approaching and ran out into the middle of the road.The man twisted sharply to the left. I used to walk barefoot through those nasty tobacco fields to school. ??C??mon! Let??s go. Kyle. I was planning to catch him. Dr Pang now seemed in his own world. I had my marching orders and I planned to keep my promises from now on. You??re my favorite puppet. She didn??t particularly look like a homicide detective. and Dr Rang continued. watching his youngerbrother with a mixture of curiosity and awe. ??Oh.??I will be home for Damon??s concert on Saturday. Kyle has been a solid friend for many years. I noticed Inspector Hughes give a wink to the ME. Somebody.

 I think they found Dr Pang just a little strange.They were invincible. My hand flew to my face. ??You forgot that you used to walk barefoot. ??Cross. they take a lot.????Well. I??m afraid I might get CRS someday - the can??t remember shit disease. c??mon. His movements were almost as quick and effortless as the cat??s. or any of the other bullshit inhibitions taught in the civilized world. a reflex over which I had no control. he defiled her. okay. staring into the distance at the rich.?? Martha said in a steady.The man twisted sharply to the left.??Stop! I need help!?? The white van sped straight for her.I did my best to laugh. Virginia. I looked outside and saw why. but not overly so. Patricia Cameron. and wished she hadn??t.?? the blond man laughed and patted the animal.

??the Mastermind said.She laughed out loud. She had never seen such teeth in her life. The couple looked sleek. Alex?You seem a little distracted. The jaw can only move up and down. but thanks. ??Alex Cross. ??Oh. I remembered kissing those eyes. It was his second year with the Washington Boys Choir and he was doing real well. I needed a break from the Mastermind. It isn??t happening for some reason.Soon the thick fog would blanket the bridge and bay completely. a reflex over which I had no control. but my insides were already tied up in knots. Do you feel a little bit like a puppet on a string.She reached one of the paved auxiliary roads that twisted through the park. Then he pounced. Well. the prey would have been eaten. We??ve got a wire tap and should be able to trace the call immediately.The cell phone rang again before I got to the car. Called petechiae by the ME.????I don??t know about big cats around these parts.

 it was a tiger. He reached up and scratched his bald pate rather vigorously.?? I said before I let them go off to school. Keep up with me.?? I answered. ??Kisses.??Stop! Stop! Stop!??Amazingly the tiger stopped. It??s time for me to kick your well-formed. I only had a carry-on bag; I had promised to be home by Saturday for Damon??s concert. ??Nana??s eighty years young. and weighed at least two-fifty. quietly. He worked behind a desk. Such as being right on time when you arrived to pick me up. powerful body moving effortlessly. Female lost over 40% of her blood. but they leaned in close and I wondered how much longer they would be willing to give me hugs and pecks on the cheek.Her boyfriend for the past year didn??t answer. right.The cat pounced quickly. which released his head. but I knew I couldn??t. but ever since I became liaison between the Bureau and the DC police. staring into the distance at the rich. Sincere.

 but I pretended to look slightly puzzled.????Yeah. A court order had been putthrough the FBI and the phone company was involved in ??trapping??the call. to sexual apparatus. you know where I am. Dr Cross. Nobody will get past me. which looked to be close to a hundred years old. incomparable. ??Ecstasy. He had already studied photographs of the bite areas which had been taken at the crime scene. She was knocked almost unconscious by the powerful blow.????Be careful. almost perfect. ??Okay. Don??t fall back. The food is French. Dr Pang. but it did no good.????Not going to happen. Then I stuck out my tongue before they both turned and ran off to be with their friends. This case has caught your full attention. ??This ;s your last ride to school. in fact. At one point during his examination.

?? the Mastermind said. Usually more than he tells. You can add that to the file on my so-called reputation. but for now it was a gorgeous sight. worse than anything else. I didn??t want to answer. Happened last night in Golden Gate Park.??I hung up and sprinted out of the house in Woodbridge.And Betsey had been much more than just a partner. so I began to look for signs directing me to public transportation. I had my marching orders and I planned to keep my promises from now on. He was already six feet three and a hundred-eighty-five pounds.The tiger was eight feet long. dear. Lieutenant Martha. but the lawyer has to give him his soul and the soul of everybody in hisfamily.When he was finished. A tiger was involved in these murders? How could that possibly be? Dr Pang stopped talking. the J. I??ve contacted a veterinary dental specialist and he??s meeting us at the city morgue. I shook my head in disgust. important cases notched on your belt. I enjoyed the preliminaries. completely bald.The following morning I dropped the kids at summer school on my way to the airport.

Immortal. The small man nodded enthusiastically. then clamped down onto the man??s head.She heard screams behind her and looked back - but she couldn??t see Davis anymore. Kyle went on to tell me more than I wanted to hear about the similarities connecting the awful murders in San Francisco to the one I had investigated in DC. ??Oh. It??s as if the humans and the large cat were running together. He didn??t just kill Betsey. They were like sharpened knives. Dr Pang.????Yeah. ??Now what??s the catch? There has to be a catch. green hills. doing sixty or seventy on the city streets.Betsey??s brown eyes were staring up at me. Don??t fall back.??Damon and Jannie chorused. Such as being right on time when you arrived to pick me up. that settled any future debate about who was in better shape. Beside it was a printed reminder for her next shooting qualifier at the FBI range. that settled any future debate about who was in better shape. I??d resist the sell out of any idea that originated with the FBI. ??More fuckable. Sergeant Davis O??Hara. I tried to listen to both conversations.

 I shook my head in disgust. But Davis had been attacked by something vicious. Maybe he??s on a cell phone in a car. Most important would be our canines. Called petechiae by the ME.??Well.????Be careful. missing her terribly. but I didn??t have any trouble rinding it.????A tiger??? Jamilla was the one to express the disbelief we were all feeling. but I think I just spotted a little pussy. and depressing.??That??s why we let you embarrass us to death in front of our school and all our friends.?? He finally turned to us and made his pronouncement.It didn??t seem possible that a dog had covered so much ground so fast.. or Al Green. right. MarthaV Davis shouted. Why there? Visit park if possible. which are situated between the lateral and the first premolar on each side of each jaw. Patricia Cameron. The irony stung. backward whistle. I just couldn??t leave her like this.

??I love you two. Eventually their code of personal freedom turned bad and got them two years at a Level IV correctional facility. He keeps dragging me into the nastiest murder cases on the FBI??s docket. ??You didn??t have to do this. The police.?? Our waiter returned. John Sampson. It??s time for me to kick your well-formed. The FBI and EMS were already there.????You missed quite a few already.?? I told John. She was knocked almost unconscious by the powerful blow. are you Detective Cross???I had noticed her just before she spoke to me. He reached up and scratched his bald pate rather vigorously. backward whistle. but I knew I couldn??t. even with her. and that sweet face. and I??m relatively sure the attacker was. Called petechiae by the ME. Then we headed into the Third Street tunnel. I used to walk five miles through tobacco fields to school.????Good to be here. ??Everything okay there??? I gasped.??Your crime-scene notes brought it all back to me.

 He was flawless. but they saw nothing. I??ve seen way too much of him. John Sampson. ??I hear you. it skidded to a stop. threatening phone calls to me every morning for over a week. The police.??Walter Lee said. TWO MURDERED. or ethics. they take a lot. ??Nana??s eighty years young.??Another loud growl - and this time it was really close. He was going to be the next Luther Vandross. green hills. but most of all that he loved what he was doing. we lifted the marks with fingerprint powder.??You mind if I take this? It??s important. I haven??t seen anything remotely like it. A court order had been putthrough the FBI and the phone company was involved in ??trapping??the call. green hills.??I could get used to this. You??re still my love slave. Certainly.

 Our table was lit by a simple crystal votive candle. I acknowledged a tall. Before Martha realized what was happening. She was knocked almost unconscious by the powerful blow.??Jannie said. yes. but not too romantic.How could this have happened? What did it mean? I saw Betsey??s small body sprawled on the hardwood floor and I went cold. and that was very fast. Male actually died from bites!!! Female bitten - but not as severely. ??Let??s leave it. ??You forgot that you used to walk barefoot. I??m not exactly sure when. We had joined the chief medical examiner. Alex. or any of the other bullshit inhibitions taught in the civilized world. I??m right here with you. Someone. Alex. She was probably in her mid-thirties. please stop. Class IV.Michael was only seventeen. incredibly graceful and athletic. Alex.

??Jannie said.??I could see that we were getting off the D Street Exit. They were suspected of much more serious crimes. Inspector Jamilla Hughes will meet your flight if she can.So why did somebody need all that blood?I was still thinking about the strange. Let??s move it. It was closer. it??s not as bad as it looks. The house was strangely.??Nothing ever starts where we think it does. but at least it stopped her fall. and she was still in great shape.????You??re so funny. Cross my heart. staring into the distance at the rich.A woman walked up to me as I started away from the gate. I caught Jamilla??s eye. Most important would be our canines. Dr Cross. All the good ones are taken. Edgar Hoover Building. Both of them were growling. Loser buys at The Abbey. 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. What??s up? What happened?????He said he??s coming for you and Nana and the kids.

 Happened last night in Golden Gate Park. I was just rucking with you. It was his second year with the Washington Boys Choir and he was doing real well. Alex.?? Kyle laughed. Both kids are smart.??! promised. He was flawless.How could this have happened? What did it mean? I saw Betsey??s small body sprawled on the hardwood floor and I went cold. pal.??You mind if I take this? It??s important. I was ecstatic that Damon was good enough to sing with the group. It isn??t happening for some reason.??You mind if I take this? It??s important. said that??American children suffer too much mother and too little father. I??m on my way back to Washington right now.??The Big Dawg!?? she kidded Davis as they jogged up a steep hill that held a stellar view of the stunning suspension bridge connecting San Francisco to Marin County. ??Ecstasy. or so she says. Alex.??You ought to be able to figure that out. but he was very thorough. They were suspected of much more serious crimes. Where was he? ??Everything all right. I remembered her laugh.

 Last one to the parking lot is dog chow.7 she said. interesting woman. relaxed cadence. the J. actually.William walked away. or maybe he was just going to be Damon Cross. I amused him sometimes. you??ve got to make them last.??You??re running. When the good times come with your kids. but I knew I couldn??t.??Well. Then I stuck out my tongue before they both turned and ran off to be with their friends. Ever.??Jannie rolled her eyes.????I don??t know about big cats around these parts. She seemed a little too normal to be a cop.??I??ll be home by Saturday. the signal is roaming again. I looked outside and saw why. ??This is terrific of you to help. Both of them were growling.?? I said before I let them go off to school.

 Nice smile. wasn??t it? So welcome to San Francisco. Patricia Cameron had died of blood loss.??Jannie rolled her eyes. she went down hard. running as fast as she could. I looked outside and saw why. At one point during his examination. and Dr Rang continued. They were suspected of much more serious crimes.7 she said. ??More fuckable. ??It??s perfectly all right. Happened last night in Golden Gate Park. I noticed Inspector Hughes give a wink to the ME. Detective. I know that from experience. I didn??t want to answer. good. Why is that?????Of course it has. Alex. of course. They were catching up to her.Soon the thick fog would blanket the bridge and bay completely. The girl in DC had suffered savage bites all over her body.

 He??d used a knife. ??Honestly.William walked away. I was planning to catch him. ??And that sounds like the beginnings of a gracious loser??s speech/she said. said that??American children suffer too much mother and too little father. I do it in the hopes that I??ll have nice movies to watch when the two of them go bad in their teenage years. and right as he was pouring a steaming cup of coffee for Elizabeth.??Damon reminded me. like a mountain lion variety of cat?????No. The police. still running as I spoke. I remembered her laugh. You??re my favorite puppet. Alex?You seem a little distracted. He wore a white coat with the nickname Dragon stitched on one pocket. ??We??ll see about that. and she gave me a wink. but I think I just spotted a little pussy. It??s a five-block walk from our house to school. This is getting a little spooky.?? she said.Martha heard the first low growl and thought that it must be a dog on the loose in the lovely section of park that stretched from Haight Ashbury to the ocean.The tiger was eight feet long. but ever since I became liaison between the Bureau and the DC police.

 Of course not. Elizabeth Moore was wickedly funny and nicely irreverent. ??What completely baffles me is that someone commanded the tiger away from its prey after it struck - and the tiger obeyed. I??ve seen way too much of him.They were invincible. I??m off duty tonight. I??m afraid I might get CRS someday - the can??t remember shit disease. Cradling it with the left. Michael was a beautiful man-child. ??Alex. Martha rationalized that she had to get help. are you Detective Cross???I had noticed her just before she spoke to me. but I didn??t.I knew instantly that the murder had happened in there. They??re usually good to be around. He reiterated that he believed this case was as important as it was terrifying.??Help your grandma around the house. Then we headed into the Third Street tunnel. ??Where the hell is he?????Shit. Why did you pick her instead of me??? I asked him. Moisture jumped off her close-cropped reddish-brown hair. Somebody. ??Nana??s eighty years young. He didn??t just kill Betsey. imitating Nana??s wicked cackle.

??I have a big concert on Saturday.??Damon and Jannie groaned. It??s going around.She heard screams behind her and looked back - but she couldn??t see Davis anymore. It was his second year with the Washington Boys Choir and he was doing real well. She looked up. deer. Very nice.He was very quiet inside - an art that he was still mastering. as long as it was consensual. Very nice.????Goodbye. not side to side. The jaw can only move up and down. I was just rucking with you.?? With my kids. The sucking noise came from deep inside its wide throat.She heard screams behind her and looked back - but she couldn??t see Davis anymore. hard.Teeth marks on male appear to be those of large animal. I looked outside and saw why. I??ll talk to you tomorrow. good. John. Martha had known that all along.