The Cipher (Nina Guerrera, #1)
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“After years of seeking, I thought I would never have Hope again. But today, everything changed. She calls herself a Warrior now. But to me, she will always be . . . The One That Got Away.”
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“Until now.”
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Serial killers were defined as having at least three victims, with a chronological or psychological separation between each event. Mass murderers were characterized as killing at least four individuals in one incident. Finally, spree killers had two or more victims in different locations with no de-escalation period between.
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“Predators are all about control,” Kent said. “Part of their personality entertains grandiose notions of superiority, but another part has to dominate everyone around them in order to cover deep-seated feelings of inadequacy.”
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“He set up social media accounts with an image of an ancient cipher scroll. It’s like he’s branding himself.”
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Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.”
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“One of my favorite quotes from Einstein is ‘The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.’
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“Not yet, little Warrior Girl, but soon. Very soon.”
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“A killer’s modus operandi is how they commit their crimes, their methodology, which can change as they learn from experience. Their motive, however, is why they kill. The underlying compulsion that is unique to each killer. I call it their itch, and it never changes.”
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“You never mentioned that he called you a throwaway,” he said. “That’s important information.”
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Once a couple of them tried out the gloves, the word spread, and the rest came asking.
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“Tactical gloves?” “MMA fighting gloves are fingerless,” Sorrentino said. “My nephew used the same material to make full gloves too. He was hoping to sell to the military or police as a backup plan, but that didn’t work out neither.”