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4729a11	how easy it is to hand out advice and how hard it is to take it.		J.A. Jance
0e89a26	According to Occam's razor, the right answer is always the simplest answer, the one requiring the fewest assumptions.		J.A. Jance
ee8d2f6	she began. Her use of Joanna's full name usually		J.A. Jance
05acffc	Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook," but"		J.A. Jance
6fbd20c	There are very good reasons why neither doctors nor detectives should work on cases too close to home. It warps perspective.		J.A. Jance
98233bc	suspected that God would probably come across with a hell of a lot more Christian charity than either one of Jonathan Thomas's pious parents could muster.		J.A. Jance
9c2e7c6	Well," Ralph continued, "if you can find another one to do the job, hire him and pay the going rate. In the meantime, tomorrow morning"		J.A. Jance
3a2969a	and why? Who was easier to answer than why. The people who called the drug-dealing shots in and around Nogales were members of the feared Nogo Cartel, based in Nogales, Sonora. For as long as he had been sheriff, Renteria had maintained a separate peace with the cartel, due in large measure to the fact that his cousin's son, Pasquale, a boy Manuel had once dandled on his knee, had risen to the top of the organization. Once Manuel was electe..		J.A. Jance
ca1e9c9	around with		J.A. Jance
726025e	She had responded to a random act of violence with a random act of kindness. She had returned good for evil. Somehow that was as it should be.		J.A. Jance
50bf28b	Being called names did hurt, and the wounds left behind never really healed over. Liza's heart still bore the scars to prove it. She had		J.A. Jance
9112f1e	time to kill the fatted calf. No doubt		J.A. Jance
45c7de7	First you get old, and then you die.		J.A. Jance
80cbb27	Aren't parents ever right? They either do too goddamned much or too goddamned little, but they're never right, at least not as far as their kids are concerned.		J.A. Jance
73beb6e	involved. It took that long for her to grasp what was		J.A. Jance
0600e1c	I could tell it was one of those big four-wheel-drive jobs driven by somebody with the typical four-by-four attitude--the-world-is-my-ashtray mentality.		J.A. Jance
8cdfb3d	me see		J.A. Jance
50c34aa	Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand gets full first.		J.A. Jance
5888840	Why do they do that? People are in hospitals for a reason--to get better from an illness or to recover from surgery. If patients are sleeping peacefully, why wake them up to see if they're all right? Why not let them sleep until they wake up on their own, at which time they can ring the bell and let someone know if more medication is in order? But let's not even go there, because that's not the way hospitals work, and it isn't going to happ..		J.A. Jance
469e1a6	not? Because some things are just too damned tough to talk about.		J.A. Jance
62d794e	That's what friends are for," I said. "It doesn't matter if they're old friends or new friends. They're the kind of people who will listen as long as you need them to because, sometimes, telling the story and having someone listen is the"		J.A. Jance
323be3e	Back in those homophobic good old days, as far as most of us were concerned, the word "gay" had meant nothing more nor less daring than "happy."		J.A. Jance
0641d9a	zipped into the bag and loaded onto a gurney. I didn't		J.A. Jance
00460b1	who lived along the U.S. side of the border.		J.A. Jance
5ed45f3	dog--shook his head and tightened his grip on		J.A. Jance
6f8f51e	now," Ali said. "I won't be able to talk to her about any of this until after school is over for the day." "Don't," Stu advised. "Let me get a little better handle on what's going on before you discuss it with her. In fact, don't discuss it with her at all. Once we have her thumbprint she'll have access to all her grandmother's financial dealings and so will we without anyone crossing over into forbidden territory." Hacking into unauthorize..		J.A. Jance
f7a02a6	I've had too much money to be able to tell who my friends are...	money	J.A. Jance
f889aef	The old guy had to be eighty if he was a day. "I'm Athena,"		J.A. Jance
98b01a1	directed all visitors to report to the		J.A. Jance
d537675	Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they're for the living.		J.A. Jance
346d53d	Cochise County Animal Control officer. Years earlier,		J.A. Jance
792c489	seven others still on the loose.		J.A. Jance
5ee5a16	asked. "What's wrong?"		J.A. Jance
8cdfa1b	So we split the bathrooms. As long as we share the bed in my room, I don't have a problem with that. Occasionally I find myself wondering about my first marriage to Karen, who is now deceased. Most of the time we were married, we had two bathrooms--one for us and one for the kids. Would our lives have been smoother if Karen and I had been able to have separate bathrooms as well?		J.A. Jance
db8309b	as a		J.A. Jance
8e52a84	Immigration might		J.A. Jance
ee55c23	know that you came through surgery like a champ." This was all good news, but I didn't feel like a champ. I felt more like a chump."		J.A. Jance
ab5bd7a	forehead in apparent disbelief. "I never saw that one coming. Who was she?" "A graduate"		J.A. Jance
48645be	I've heard that kids learn new languages faster than older people can. Tomas		J.A. Jance
2f9f82a	stay and face whatever		J.A. Jance
6783619	just up the street from the railroad tracks. She was able to buy it for a song because the previous owner		J.A. Jance
cf822f1	In the world of murder and mayhem, liars are losers. And they're usually guilty.		J.A. Jance
cfc2d32	If every snake in this danged world disappeared off the face of the earth tomorrow, we'd all be overrun with varmints in two shakes of a lamb's tail.		J.A. Jance
04ec98f	She was no lithe virgin. Hers was the gentle voluptuousness of a grown woman, with a hint of fullness of breast and hip that follows child-bearing. A pale web of stretch marks lingered in mute testimony.		J.A. Jance

how easy it is to hand out advice and how hard it is to take it.

J.A. Jance

0e89a26

According to Occam's razor, the right answer is always the simplest answer, the one requiring the fewest assumptions.

J.A. Jance

ee8d2f6

she began. Her use of Joanna's full name usually

J.A. Jance

05acffc

Richard Nixon's "I am not a crook," but"

J.A. Jance

6fbd20c

There are very good reasons why neither doctors nor detectives should work on cases too close to home. It warps perspective.

J.A. Jance

98233bc

suspected that God would probably come across with a hell of a lot more Christian charity than either one of Jonathan Thomas's pious parents could muster.

J.A. Jance

9c2e7c6

Well," Ralph continued, "if you can find another one to do the job, hire him and pay the going rate. In the meantime, tomorrow morning"

J.A. Jance

3a2969a

and why? Who was easier to answer than why. The people who called the drug-dealing shots in and around Nogales were members of the feared Nogo Cartel, based in Nogales, Sonora. For as long as he had been sheriff, Renteria had maintained a separate peace with the cartel, due in large measure to the fact that his cousin's son, Pasquale, a boy Manuel had once dandled on his knee, had risen to the top of the organization. Once Manuel was electe..

J.A. Jance

ca1e9c9

around with

J.A. Jance

726025e

She had responded to a random act of violence with a random act of kindness. She had returned good for evil. Somehow that was as it should be.

J.A. Jance

50bf28b

Being called names did hurt, and the wounds left behind never really healed over. Liza's heart still bore the scars to prove it. She had

J.A. Jance

9112f1e

time to kill the fatted calf. No doubt

J.A. Jance

45c7de7

First you get old, and then you die.

J.A. Jance

80cbb27

Aren't parents ever right? They either do too goddamned much or too goddamned little, but they're never right, at least not as far as their kids are concerned.

J.A. Jance

73beb6e

involved. It took that long for her to grasp what was

J.A. Jance

0600e1c

I could tell it was one of those big four-wheel-drive jobs driven by somebody with the typical four-by-four attitude--the-world-is-my-ashtray mentality.

J.A. Jance

8cdfb3d

me see

J.A. Jance

50c34aa

Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which hand gets full first.

J.A. Jance

5888840

Why do they do that? People are in hospitals for a reason--to get better from an illness or to recover from surgery. If patients are sleeping peacefully, why wake them up to see if they're all right? Why not let them sleep until they wake up on their own, at which time they can ring the bell and let someone know if more medication is in order? But let's not even go there, because that's not the way hospitals work, and it isn't going to happ..

J.A. Jance

469e1a6

not? Because some things are just too damned tough to talk about.

J.A. Jance

62d794e

That's what friends are for," I said. "It doesn't matter if they're old friends or new friends. They're the kind of people who will listen as long as you need them to because, sometimes, telling the story and having someone listen is the"

J.A. Jance

323be3e

Back in those homophobic good old days, as far as most of us were concerned, the word "gay" had meant nothing more nor less daring than "happy."

J.A. Jance

0641d9a

zipped into the bag and loaded onto a gurney. I didn't

J.A. Jance

00460b1

who lived along the U.S. side of the border.

J.A. Jance

5ed45f3

dog--shook his head and tightened his grip on

J.A. Jance

6f8f51e

now," Ali said. "I won't be able to talk to her about any of this until after school is over for the day." "Don't," Stu advised. "Let me get a little better handle on what's going on before you discuss it with her. In fact, don't discuss it with her at all. Once we have her thumbprint she'll have access to all her grandmother's financial dealings and so will we without anyone crossing over into forbidden territory." Hacking into unauthorize..

J.A. Jance

f7a02a6

I've had too much money to be able to tell who my friends are...

money

J.A. Jance

f889aef

The old guy had to be eighty if he was a day. "I'm Athena,"

J.A. Jance

98b01a1

directed all visitors to report to the

J.A. Jance

d537675

Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they're for the living.

J.A. Jance

346d53d

Cochise County Animal Control officer. Years earlier,

J.A. Jance

792c489

seven others still on the loose.

J.A. Jance

5ee5a16

asked. "What's wrong?"

J.A. Jance

8cdfa1b

So we split the bathrooms. As long as we share the bed in my room, I don't have a problem with that. Occasionally I find myself wondering about my first marriage to Karen, who is now deceased. Most of the time we were married, we had two bathrooms--one for us and one for the kids. Would our lives have been smoother if Karen and I had been able to have separate bathrooms as well?

J.A. Jance

db8309b

as a

J.A. Jance

8e52a84

Immigration might

J.A. Jance

ee55c23

know that you came through surgery like a champ." This was all good news, but I didn't feel like a champ. I felt more like a chump."

J.A. Jance

ab5bd7a

forehead in apparent disbelief. "I never saw that one coming. Who was she?" "A graduate"

J.A. Jance

48645be

I've heard that kids learn new languages faster than older people can. Tomas

J.A. Jance

2f9f82a

stay and face whatever

J.A. Jance

6783619

just up the street from the railroad tracks. She was able to buy it for a song because the previous owner

J.A. Jance

cf822f1

In the world of murder and mayhem, liars are losers. And they're usually guilty.

J.A. Jance

cfc2d32

If every snake in this danged world disappeared off the face of the earth tomorrow, we'd all be overrun with varmints in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

J.A. Jance

04ec98f

She was no lithe virgin. Hers was the gentle voluptuousness of a grown woman, with a hint of fullness of breast and hip that follows child-bearing. A pale web of stretch marks lingered in mute testimony.

J.A. Jance