A Stab in the Dark (Matthew Scudder #4)

by Lawrence Block

He smiled. He had a nice open face and he seemed quite at ease, sitting on a mat in his gym shorts. Gay men used to be so much more defensive, especially around cops.

I can't imagine why...

“No, it just doesn’t know any better. What you do, you get somebody to lay the ghost.” “I’m not going to touch that line,” Rolfe said.

Someone should touch it.