71.   Proving that the lead detective is a liar would be fatal to many other criminal cases, even ones without racial issues.

72.   Remember those early books, when the fictional teen-age detective was a blonde instead of titian-haired and carried an electric torch instead of a flashlight?

73.   Safir said his detectives were unsure of the order in which the killings occurred and did not yet know whether there was more than one killer.

74.   She had Fuhrman account compulsively for every move he made and who had moved with him -- a task for which the meticulous detective was extremely well-suited.

75.   State police detectives are now on a hunt for her boyfriend, Heath W. Saffores, who they believe fled the country shortly after his girlfriend disappeared.

76.   The bloodied shoes suggest how close the detective was to the violent beating, Catterson said.

77.   The chubby, orchid-loving detective is as particular about language as he is about food, and he takes food very seriously.

78.   The detectives were in the area because the police believe it is frequented by Bloods gang members.

79.   The detective is a liar.

80.   The detective too is a nearly inhuman machine able to separate truth from falsehood.