! Fridge Brilliance

* In ''Circus of the Damned'', a giant snake kills its charmer and goes berserk. This event remains unexplained... but later we learn that the BigBad of the novel has mystical powers over snakes.
* Anita's issues with women basically might come from a combination of the TestosteronePoisoning environment of law enforcement in Saint Louis (as displayed in the books) and her own AbusiveParents TheUnfavorite relationship with her stepmother. Later, we learn Anita is bisexual and possibly engaged in a serious case of repression (at least at first). The Ardeur and its effect in reducing the men around her into sexual tools can't help her relationships either.
* Laurel K. Hamilton all but comes out in describing Anita as a SociopathicHero, which goes a long way of explaining why her narration is hostile to just about everyone.