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• Whitney smacked Coop's snout while simultaneously pressing herself deeper into the couch. Coop fixed her with an unblinking ice-blue stare, gray-brown fur bristling along his spine. "Tory!" Whitney squealed. "He's going to attack!" "Maybe." I walked into the kitchen and snagged a Diet Coke from the fridge. "Try to protect your throat.

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  Ice, Blue, Kitchen

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• Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

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  White, Tuxedos, Tails

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• Today he wore a burnt-orange shirt, black pants, and a tie that looked like a street fight at the south end of the color wheel.

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  Fighting, Color, Orange

  Kathy Reichs (2014). “Monday Mourning: A Novel”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

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  Crabs, Crackheads, Jellyfish

  Kathy Reichs (2010). “Virals”, p.18, Penguin

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• Many fiction writers who put the science in dont get it right.

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  Fiction, Fiction Writers

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• I was a university professor, I could talk on and on and on. Give me a podium and you have to drag me off with a hook.

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  University Professors, Giving, Hook

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• I tend to watch a lot of movies at home. It's nice to be close to the refrigerator with my pyjamas on and just relax.

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  Nice, Home, Relax

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• Im studying jerkoffs in the wild," Ben answered dryly. "This seemed like a good chance to view one up close.

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  Views, Chance, Study

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• You all right now?" "I'm exceptional. Wonderful. Thanks for the concern. You complete me.

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  Thanks, Wonderful, Exceptional

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• My first book was the most successful debut novel in the UK ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the UK. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it.

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  Book, Successful, Numbers

  "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. October 25, 2008.

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• Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

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  Cop, Skepticism, Anthropology

  Kathy Reichs (2014). “Monday Mourning: A Novel”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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• Ben locked his eyes on mine for a long moment. Then, “How?” “How do you think?” I smiled, then slapped him full across the face

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  Eye, Thinking, Long

  Kathy Reichs (2011). “Seizure: A Virals Novel”, p.69, Penguin

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• Amazing.” Hi stripped off his shirt, wrung it out. “Score one for your honker.” “Thanks, I think.” I cocked my chin at Hi’s substantial midsection. “Nice abs.” “Yeah, I work out twice a month. No expectations. But stop hitting on me, it’s embarrassing.

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  Nice, Thinking, Work Out

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• Ahh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.” He took a giant whiff. “Why does everything girlie smell so delightful?” “Because we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene. And periodically clean our bathrooms.” “Brilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.

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  Writing, Hygiene, It Takes A Village

  Kathy Reichs (2011). “Seizure: A Virals Novel”, p.53, Penguin

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• Tory a father isn’t supposed to fear his fourteen-year-old daughter. That being sad, you terrify me.

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  Daughter, Father, Years

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• Hiram!' Shelton ran to Hi's side. 'Aren't you you bleeding? I thought she shot you!' 'Red wine. When I saw it running everywhere, I played dead.' He winced as Shelton poked his belly. 'But I'm not leaping off any more shelves. That was pretty stupid.

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  Running, Stupid, Wine

  Kathy Reichs (2011). “Virals: (Virals 1)”, p.76, Random House

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• I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset.

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  Upset, Hated, Craving

  Kathy Reichs (2015). “Deja Dead: A Novel”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• I can't believe you jokers fixed it." Hi was picking his way down to the beach. "Believe it, clown. Too much brain power here to fail." Still pumped, Shelton threw another palm Ben's way. "Oh, I'm sure." Hi streched, yawned. "It was something highly technical, I suppose? Something requiring mechanical ability? Nothing as simple as tightening a wire or flippin a switch, right?" Ben reddened. Shelton developed an intrest in his sneakers. Score one for Hi.

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  Beach, Believe, Simple

  Kathy Reichs (2010). “Virals”, p.26, Penguin

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• Everyone’s gone mad, typing to themselves all day long like mindless robots.

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  Long, Mad, Robots

  Kathy Reichs (2010). “Virals”, p.98, Penguin

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• Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut novel a real winner.

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  Witty, Real, Memorable

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• I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.

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  Strong, Thinking, Self

  Kathy Reichs (2006). “Break No Bones: A Novel”, p.39, Simon and Schuster

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• She wanted to feel safe. Untouchable in her home. The ultimate female fantasy.

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  Home, Female, Safe

  Kathy Reichs (2015). “Deja Dead: A Novel”, p.597, Simon and Schuster

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• Though Anne was born in Alabama and schooled in Mississippi, she had traveled North, and, like many Southerners, gained a theoretical understanding of the concept of cold. But the mind is an overprotective parent. What it doesn't care for, it hides. Like many inhabiting the subtropics, Anne had repressed the reality of subzero mercury.

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  Reality, Parent, Understanding

  Kathy Reichs (2014). “Monday Mourning: A Novel”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• Edmonton is Canada's answer to Omaha. Solid, unassuming, and surrounded by a whole lot of nothing. It's a place that makes you think of sensible shoes.

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  Thinking, Shoes, Make You Think

  Kathy Reichs (2013). “Bones Are Forever”, p.81, Simon and Schuster

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• One of the surprising things I hadn't expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren't comfortable with that. I don't have a problem with that.

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  Writing, Fiction, Problem

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