Opening Moves (2012) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Patrick Bowers: Homicide Detective, Milwaukee, WI
• Ralph Hawkins: FBI
• Ellen Parker: FBI
• Radar: Milwaukee Officer
• Taci Vardis: Patrick's girlfriend
• Richard Devin Basque: Cannibalistic serial killer extraordinaire.
• Carl Kowalski: Victim whose fiancee was kidnapped. Kidnapper demanded and unusual type of ransom from Carl
• Timothy Griffin: Internet seller of items from crime scenes of serial killers
• Bruce Hendrich: Police officer who supplied Griffin with crime scene tape from a serial killer
• Colleen Hayes: Victim of kidnapper and torturer being tracked by Det. Bowers and F.B.I Agent Hawkins
• Vincent Hayes: Husband of Colleen who was asked to perform an unusual act as ransom for his wife
• Dr. Calvin Werjonic PhD, JD: Professor and world renowned criminologist who teaches a class that Patrick Bowers is taking on Geospatial profiling and investigation
• Adele Westin: Kidnap victim and fiancee of Carl Kowalski

Quotes edit see section history

• “If justice exists, there must be a hell. If love wins, there must be a heaven.”

  Patrick Bowers

• “"What kind of a God could ever forgive someone who's done the things you've done?" ANd the answer he tried to cling to: "what kind of a God would he be if he couldn't?"”

• “"Only people in perpetual conflict with themselves come the closest to finding peace."”

  Patrick Bowers

• “"Sometimes anger is your only ally because it gives you something to feel when the rest of your life turns numb. It gives you something to fight against when you feel like giving up. More often than not, it's when the anger dissipates, not when it arrives, that you're in trouble."”

• “Radar once told me that no one does the unthinkable, because to them,in that moment, it seems like the most natural thing to do - the inevitable thing. I think he's right.”

  Patrick Bowers

• “Don't say you can handle it, love isn't something that needs to be handled; it's supposed to be the thing that helps you to handle everything else.”

  Taci to Partick

• “Anger is the cousin of love.”

  Radar's father

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Milwaukee, WI
• Ft. Atkinson

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Geospatial investigation: Involves the evaluation of location related to the crime to deduce the most statistical probable region out of which the criminal bases his criminal activity.
• activity node: A place where we spend time etc...eat, sleep,work shop, study, worship, exercise, relax
• Distance decay: the decrease in likelihood of a crime occurring as the distance from a persons awareness space increases

Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

• Good vs. Evil: The constant struggle to tame the demons within, what happens when we don't or can't, and the potential in each of us to cross the line separating us from the previously unthinkable.
• Justice: Describe this theme.

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Queen, The: A Patrick Bowers Thriller (The Bowers Files), and followed by The King: The Bowers Files.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Steven James (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Notes for Parents edit see section history

This is a graphically disturbing book that does not skimp on the details of some of the most heinous crimes in America's history. For the stout-hearted ONLY!

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
• Books › Literature & Fiction

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Steven James: Homepage of author Steven James

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