Monk also had a Scattergun-built shotgun, strapped to his left thigh, hidden under a long jacket. The weapon had been custom-designed for such service, snub-nosed and compact, like Monk himself, with a Ghost Ring sight system for riflelike accuracy in low light.
But not everything is about science and religion. I grew up reading Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy. They instilled into me an avid interest in all manner of military hardware. While guns might be the go-to weaponry for most thriller novels, I'm always looking for what's coming next. You'll often find Sigma Force carrying hardware that is at the forefront of military tech. Mostly because I adhere to the philosophy of Lester Dent, a pulp novelist of the 30s and 40s, who once wrote: "You should never kill your characters the same way twice." It's a philosophy I plan on sticking to as long as I can write.
