Kat,” Hale groaned, then fell back onto the pillows.”Funny, I didn’t hear a doorbell.””I let myself in; hope that’s okay.”Hale smiled. “Or the alarm.”She stepped inside, tossed a pocket-size bag of tools onto the bed....

You know you’re smarter than all of them, right?” Hale said flatly.”In fact, if you wanted to PROVE it…”He glanced at the blackjack tables.Simon shook his head. “I don’t count cards, Hale.””Don’t?” Hale smiled. “Or...

Do you understand any of this?” he said, pointing to the lines and symbols that covered the massive screens.”Some people understand the value of an education.”Hale stretched and crossed his legs, the settled his arm...

I didn’t know there were this many math guys,” Hale said as they stepped onto the crowded concourse.Kat cleared her throat. “And women,” he added. “Math women.

You know” – Hale’s breath was warm against Kat’s ear in the chilly ballroom- “I don’t know that both of us really have to be here….” The slide changed. While hundreds of mathematicians waited with...

Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love.

General sentiment, had a poll been taken, was that eventually the negative media would die down, Egypt’s head of antiquities would return to Cairo, and St. Louis would enjoy her treasure. But treasures sometimes have...