Creatures of Appetite (Emma Kane / Jacob Thorne #1)

by Todd Travis

“Agent Thorne, I’m a big admirer of your work,” Kane held out her hand. “Honey, I don’t need any blow-job groupies, understand? Goddamn it, Pete-”

“WHAT plus WHY equals WHO.” “So if we know WHAT he is …” “And WHY he does what he does …” “Then we know WHO. WHAT plus WHY equals WHO.”

“What’s the difference?” Scroggins asked. “Kane?” Thorne put her on the spot. “In spree killing, the identity of the victims is secondary and oftentimes incidental to the act,” Kane recited. “Once they decide to go, spree killers kill who’s available, which we have seen at post offices and schools, acting in response to their anger at something beyond the individual victims in their path. For serial killers, the victims and what they represent to the killer are primary to the act, almost as if they have a relationship that’s personal.”