Excerpts from the Book 'Men Are Trouble':

... that morning opened an office in the bottom drawer of my desk. Instead, I decided to open the window. Maybe a new case would arrive by carrier pigeon. ...
... me was another empty stare. Seeren, I said, pushing back out of my chair, I'm afraid George has led you astray. I'm the private investigator. I stood to ...
... up until last week, she said finally. Gave her notice all of a sudden and left me in the lurch. I've had to pick up all her appointments and me ...
... and down. The thing is, if they're so smart, how come they talk funny? The devils designed them to drive us crazy. They didn't need no bots ...
... as soon as I said it. She glanced away I could hear squeaky voices in the background. I want to know everything, she said. I want to know how close you ...
... Denise Pepper had ever written, preferred underwire bras and subscribed to News for the Confused. She had kicked about a week's worth of dirty ...
... The girl set one foot behind the other and then spun a hundred and eighty degrees to point at the door to the school. You supposed to sign in at ...
... didn't have too far to travel. Their collapsible titanium nightsticks lay on the table in plain sight. One of them was not quite as wide as a bus. The ...
... me with knockout spray. I saw a billion stars and breathed the vacuum of deep space for maybe two seconds before everything went black. ? Big Ben chimed ...
... handshake. That would make this a church. I sat up. When the world stopped spinning, I saw a vast marble altar awash in light with a crucifix the size ...
... find her so she could lead me to you. A devil named Seeren hired me to look for you. It wants a meeting. With me? Father Elaine went pale. What ...
... had dried in my hair. You're hurt! I had almost forgotten about it ??? there was no percentage in remembering that I was in pain. She shot out of ...
... else's life. I understand, said Sharifa. Her voice was so small it could have crawled under a thimble. It???s just ??? it was all so sudden. You ...
... my noticing, my hands had become fists. My knuckles were white. Seeren will announce its true satisfaction with the accomplishment of the Christer ...
... sure that George could see the open drawer, which meant that the devil would know what was in it as well. I wondered how far they'd let me go. The ...
... there. Seeren hopped down off the bookcase as if nothing important had happened and wrapped its translucent wings around its body. The devil didn't seem ...
... last train of the night. I peeked through the door of the safe. Inside was a stack of squat blue inhalers like the one Rashmi had used to kill herself. On ...
... could see behind her back and around a corner. I stopped by your house. I slouched into the room like a kid who had lost her civics homework. I thought ...
... or stop it? I tried to talk to her, you know. She seemed to listen. But when I asked her to put the inhaler down, she wouldn't. I moved toward her, ...
... cum laude from the University of Notre Dame in 1972, with a B.A. in English Literature. After graduating college, he worked as a full-time ...