The Butcher
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Rufus Wedge, otherwise known as the Beacon Hill Butcher, had been the most wanted man in the Pacific Northwest for a long time. The manhunt was now over.
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“No more now,” Edward said quietly. He wasn’t speaking to anyone in particular, except maybe himself. “No more.”
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He’d even bought her a textbook for Christmas called Practical Homicide Investigation: Tactics, Procedures, and Forensic Techniques, which was the same textbook police officers used to study homicide
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He could close his eyes or stick headphones over his ears, but his goddamned nose kept right on working. Which was a real drawback when the whole bus seemed to smell like Bengay lotion and Shalimar perfume.
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“Not everyone is all bad or all good. Good people do bad things every day, and bad people do good things every day.”
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Half the time she forgot to tell him things, and the other half of the time she didn’t tell him because she was pretty sure he wouldn’t care.