profiling works, Reacher. Those people have had some spectacular successes.’ ‘Among how many failures?’ ‘What do you mean?’ Reacher turned back to face her. ‘Suppose I was in Blake’s position? He’s effectively a nationwide homicide detective, right? Gets to hear about everything. So suppose I was him, getting notified about every single homicide in America. Suppose every single time I said the likely suspect was a white male, age thirty and a half, wooden leg, divorced parents, drives a blue Ferrari. Every single time. Sooner or later, I’d be right. The law of averages would work for me. Then
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