“Are these the things a Boston detective thinks about on a case? Self-deception, guilt, the knife in the back?” “Cops always look for things that are out of place. Very little things, which sometimes lead to bigger things, like why a knife in the back.” “So how do you look for these little things?” It was like asking how you breathed or woke up in the morning. It was what a cop learned to do first thing, at least in my family. To look, really look, at every little thing. “What do you look for when you walk into a room?” I asked him. “A beautiful woman,” he smiled. “Books on the shelf, artwork…
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