The premise of my book began to take shape. Certain locations could influence people to commit serious crimes. In order for that to occur, it required that a man—always a man, it seemed—with hubris spend a long time at a location that kindled his arrogance. The location had to be secluded and exclusive and provide a sense of invincibility. If all those prerequisites were met, it could happen that a certain type of man would commit a serious crime in that location.
