"Of course. I don't have another class until after lunch. Take your time." Harry left. Joe imagined him heaving a great breath of relief out there in the hall. He was a nice young man in a world with fewer and fewer places for nice people.

"Joe here."

"There's been another killing, Joe. This one is down toward Florida. The M.O. is the same - two extremely sharp knives, almost no blood. Nobody saw anything unusual. The victim was a supervisor just five years from ...