Close to Home (Tracy Crosswhite, #5)

by Robert Dugoni

I have the willpower of a sausage.”

“Sarah was killed by a psychopath, Tracy. He stalked her and he stalked you. And as terrible as it was, I’d like to think that maybe God spared you . . . for me.”

she said, trying not to look or sound guilty.

Oh you sneaky bitch

presumably to discard the garbage, which would be incinerated.

Now why is this important ...

“Well, that would just about scare the crap out of Stephen King.”

the tape didn’t explain how the person got into the DSO building without entering the last four digits of his or her Social Security number.

Maybe the door didnt close all the way & didnt automatically lock?

I hope you know that I did what I could to keep you here.

did you leave to have a cigarette and prop the door open so you wouldn’t have to log back in nine minutes later?”

Knew it

Failure had a terrible way of lingering in the recesses of your mind, waiting for another opportunity to smack you with horrible pangs of guilt.

Tracy liked Battles.

Since when??

So don’t you ever apologize for crying; it’s a reminder to us all that we’re human, and that we love our family with our entire being. And that’s a beautiful thing.”