The Cipher (Nina Guerrera, #1)
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Read between January 12 - May 14, 2022
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“Every scrap of information we get about him, everything he posts, gives us a clearer picture of who he is.”
Isabella
Sucks, but he is right.
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Past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior.”
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More than anyone else alive, she knew what the monster could do with a length of rope.
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Like many foster children, Bianca had learned to conceal her emotions with dark humor, outward hostility, or feigned indifference.
Isabella
Gen Z
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Bianca had graduated from high school at fourteen, winning a full-ride presidential scholarship to George Washington University.
Isabella
Damnnnnnn
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“We’re going to fight back.”
Isabella
He will back-hack and you guys will become targets.
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“Does it say Professor Plum did it in the study with a lead pipe?”
Isabella
I love that game.
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fake ID
Isabella
If he's a narsisist, why use a fake? No one knows his actual name yet.
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How many other tiny mental scraps had gone missing?
Isabella
I feel like whatever he told her in her ear will be crucial.
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They’re calling themselves the Brew Crew now. I can guess what they’ll spend the prize money on if they win.”
Isabella
Beer or coffee?
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passenger lists
Isabella
Could've driven
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I SEE ALL.
Isabella
Reminds me of Big Brother in 1984.
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he feels separate and above it all.” “It’s the latter,” Wade said decisively. “Like a god condemning sinners, those who are unworthy.”
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“A god also sees all.” She pointed at the previous messages. “And punishes.”
Isabella
Called it before.
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“Denial is a powerful thing.”
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Letters and numbers.
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The cipher
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Bianca had an IQ north of 160.
Isabella
Damnnnnn
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Einstein is ‘The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant.’
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“Freedom trail,”
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Jeff. Memorial
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‘Not understanding will make you sob.’
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“Not and sob.
Isabella
Boston
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Boston baked beans.
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“I thought you guys requested no trash removal today.” “We did.” Delaney started toward the worker. “This guy obviously didn’t get the memo.”
Isabella
Or that is the unsub
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He glanced down at the blood on his wrist. Panic bloomed within him.
Isabella
dna
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I should have realized something was up when I spoke to him in Spanish and he answered me in English.”
Isabella
I thought it was for her partner's benefit
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“No.” She looked away. “He didn’t say a thing.”
Isabella
Stupid
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One if by land, two if by sea.
Isabella
One girl on land, two at sea?
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Get crowd shots at each scene and cross-check them with what we have in our database. See if we can enhance our image.”
Isabella
A lot of killers do like to revisit their crime scenes.
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hoagie.
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Hot dog? Edit: sub sandwich
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goosed
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weird
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always willing to sell out a friend if the need arose.
Isabella
it has been done to her i am assuming
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“I don’t want any.”
Isabella
"S'more of what? I haven't had anything."
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A dead spider skidded off the side, plopping into a doggy water bowl on the floor.
Isabella
Ew
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He was an opportunist, but not a very bright one.
Isabella
Roasted
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She had a strong urge to clean out his ears with the barrel of her Glock.
Isabella
Damnnnnn
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This doesn’t have anything to do with that, does it?”
Isabella
Bro-- why else would they be at your house???
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“I don’t tell her shit. She’ll only be disappointed you two aren’t taking me away in cuffs.”
Isabella
Damn haha
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Listening to this story was like watching a train wreck.
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“He opens the envelope and spends the next twenty-four hours trying to get his few functioning brain cells to kick in. He finally realizes he has no hope of solving the clue, so he comes up with plan B.”
Isabella
Lmao
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Nina grimaced. “Not the sharpest tack on the corkboard, is he?” Yakamura gave her a sidelong glance. “He’s the tack that misses the corkboard altogether and gets stuck in the drywall.”
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“After discussing the amenities available in federal prison, our guy decides to turn over the envelope . . . without a reward.”
Isabella
Haha smart choice.
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LIVING WITH THE KEEPER OF THE LIGHT.
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The sun?
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SHE SEES THEM COME, SEES THEM GO.
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Popular business of some sort?
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We believe ‘the keeper of the light’ may refer to a lighthouse keeper,
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“Or he might not have flown at all,” Nina said.
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Ding ding ding
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thirty-nine murders and an abduction?”
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My god
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He was the supervisory special agent for BAU 3. The unit chief who oversaw the profilers who worked with field agents and local law enforcement during the Beltway Stalker investigation.
Isabella
Behavioral Analysis Unit ;)
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Breck had made it clear that anyone who felt the cases should be kept separate should speak up now. The team exchanged glances, but no one objected. In that moment, the investigation turned a corner. Nina knew Kent harbored doubts, but they had all tacitly agreed to move forward on the premise that the Beltway Stalker and the Cipher were the same person.
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“Given those restrictions, we can definitively eliminate seventeen men from the list. That leaves more than two hundred potential suspects. And that’s if we only consider fighters as opposed to other people working at the club.”
Isabella
Dang
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“He’s a fighter,” Nina said. She wasn’t sure how she knew, but the feeling was strong. “The way he moved. He had some serious experience behind him.”
Isabella
You right (only 'cuz we sew his pov).