How does Greg Iles use imagery in Dead Sleep?

Examples of Imagery:

"This was not a painting but a mirror. The face looking back at me from the wall was my own. The body, too, mine: my feet, hips, breasts, my shoulders and neck."

"Wheaton is but an inch shorter than Kaiser, who stands six-three. He has wiry arms but large hands with long fingers, and shoulders only slightly bowed by age."

"With the slowness of nightmares, I scrabble at the right cuff of my jeans, reaching for the pistol John gave me, but Wheaton jerks his end of the drop cloth and my right foot flies out from under me, spilling me onto the floor. As my hand closes on the butt of the .38, a vicious wasp stings my neck, and my arms begin jerking spastically. The room blurs, fades, then returns. I fell myself rising toward the skylight, and I wonder if I'm dying until I begin to move laterally and realize Wheaton is carrying me."