generator michael capuzzo takes readers inside world adept new book murder room known heirs sherlock holmes vidocq society gathers ace detectives around world resolve world perplexing cold cases group formed freewheeling forensic sculptor frank bender fbi customs agent william fleisher forensic psychologist profiler richard walter works pro bono pledged wondrous pursuance justice people think wizards sort peep mutter go backroom come say capuzzo told understand excerpt book great hall filled lingering aroma pork mallard duck sausage waiters appeared shouldering cups vanilla bean blancmange connoisseurs sat tables hearths glittering pendant chatting amiably several languages coffee arrived ticket colombian supremo steaming pots epitome corpse young man uncommon beauty lying back materialized center room gray winter light slanting hall midday sun sailed beyond city image large screen crisp immature man blond locks matt corona dried blood sculpted cheekbones reduced pulp police exposure take on night restaurant alley surrounding setting obscured wickedness still strobe light confound young man face sharp relief shadows distant southern night stark eyes loomed room presently one afternoon 5th final path served connoisseurs vidocq society goodness said young woman cherryred dress patting mouth napkin excuse table hand mouth hurried door william fleisher big man magnificent blue suit wlf embellish custom shirt sadly shook large whiskered head want better job viewing guests said richard walter gaunt cheekbones sunken sick light glower departing figure frank bender clad tight black jeans man hall outwear suit of clothes whispered detectivenext nice legs fleisher shook head wonderment two eccentric moody star thrown lot partners criminologists without peer precedent thirty years feds forensic psychologist richard walter coolest eye murder world tall acerbic spoke clipped propriety gain byname englishman certain criminal elements walter spent twenty years treating violent psychopath state michigan largest walled penitentiary world jackson one toughest old romanesque castle pere jacques marquette lake superscript habit peering top owlish blackamoor glasses boring souls inmates known jacques marquette stare look quash costs employed chap faade psychopaths bruno walter unsurpassed understanding darkest regions heart spare sentence moonlighting consulting detective one small group american criminologist invented modern criminal profiling battle serial killer scotland yard used extreme point murder cases roll in the hay be sherlock holmes epithet horrified richard feeling like basil rathbone hound baskervilles fleisher said talks like thinks like whenever someone says walter suppose look away wait moment pass person fart frank bender fete forensic artist working meter perhaps history wiry muscled balding van dyke beard piercing hazel eyes occasion wore long sleeves concealed navy tattoos bender grew tough north philadelphia heater hitting row house fence in high talk happily psychic gift shy roomful cops cops awed ability keep six seven lady friend happy well wife catch precious aggregate murderers sketchpad scalpel frank bruno walter liked tease would burned stake seventeenth century get shot back improbable melancholy deductive walter frenzied intuitive bender blood brothers partners major cases detective duo without precedent psychologist artist up to penetrating secrets aliveness dead could stand bender saw dead citizenry walter contemptuous spiritualism artist numerate sexual conquests hundreds psychologist divorced shrank touch