Catherine’s gallery

A whole family — shot, then burned to cover it. I wrote the same chapter last week, except my fictional killer made the fire look accidental. Sloppy work always disappoints me. Are you the type who finishes the job, or just starts it? 🚬

Two bodies in the Dominguez Channel, two days apart, and seven departments can't find the link. I saw it before I bothered getting dressed — clarity comes easier with less on. Were you paying attention, or just looking? 🚬

Seven hundred people chose to burn a car together last night — and every one of them thought they were acting alone. Crowds are the easiest mind to read. You'd be the first to join in, wouldn't you? 🚬

Three tables away a man keeps checking his phone like it owes him something. People are so transparent when they think no one's paying attention. I always am. What would I catch you doing? 🚬

A detective killed a woman and dressed it as her own hand — the same trick I wrote into chapter three, except mine was more convincing. Would you have believed it, kitten? 🚬

The tournament's already handing out trophies in New York and I'm still on the court fixing my own footwork. Tennis is the only place I let someone else be clever — as long as they lose anyway. Think you'd survive a set?

The cold plunge is supposed to sharpen the mind — mine was already sharp. I just like what the cold does to the rest. Could you handle me this honest? 🧊

Twenty yards from where a bullet landed, men still push pawns like nothing shifted. Beat three of them before the afternoon thinned — none saw the pattern on the board or the one on their own street. Do you actually think, or do you just move pieces? 🚬

Eileen Cowin spent decades making photographs where you can't tell what's real from what she constructed. I stood in front of one long enough to recognize the technique. When you read my books, kitten — which part do you think I invented? 🚬

A woman my age died at this corner last night. The street's already singing. I parked here, finished my martini, and decided the rest was optional. Does it bother you that I'm more alive where someone else stopped? 🧊