The Tenth Case

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Joseph Teller. The Tenth Case

The. Tenth Case

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A SPONTANEOUS ACT OF GRATITUDE

JAYWALKER

SAMARA

A SLIGHT MISCALCULATION

RIKERS ISLAND

A LITTLE WEEKEND READING

180.80 DAY

PRAIRIE CREEK

NICKY LEGS

12,652,189,412 TO 1

DID YOU SAY BAIL?

TWENTY-FIVE MIL

GIVING UP

COURT DATES

IN THE SPICE CABINET

A DATE CERTAIN

PANEL ENTERING

TWO JOURNEYS

A GRUESOME DEATH

A MASSIVE LOSS OF BLOOD

THE EYE-TALIAN DETECTIVE

THANK YOU, JESUS

TUNA FISH AND PROMISES

FINDING HER FATHER

FROZEN IN TIME

POUNDING THE TABLE

ROCK BOTTOM

PROCRASTINATION AND PANIC

BUTTERFLIES

AFTER

YES, NO, MAYBE SO

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It struck me on my latest birthday that I’ve now reached the same age at which my father left this life, much too soon. He was a physician who specialised in obstetrics, a five-foot-tall “baby doctor” in more ways than one. He was revered by his staff and colleagues, and absolutely adored by his patients. To this day, I run into people who, upon learning that his last name and mine are not mere coincidence, scream with delight, “Oh, my God. He delivered my children!” or occasionally “He delivered me!”

Not that my father was without faults, by any means. He was a driven over-achiever in everything he did, which meant getting the best grades in school, baiting a fishhook just so and running out a grounder on the baseball diamond at full speed. He was a true perfectionist, an early-day obsessive-compulsive.

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“You assigned?” Burke asked.

“If you don’t mind my asking,” said Burke, “who’s retained you?”

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