"'I don't know,' Myron admitted. 'Like I said before, investigating is not very scientific. You do some legwork and you push some buttons and you hope something happens.'" —Chapter 3, pages 23-24

"Myron spotted Win at a corner table with six chairs. He sat alone. His expression was both glacial and serene, his body completely at ease. A mountain lion patiently waiting for prey." —Chapter 5, page 47

"The perpetrator must have escaped through the woods. That meant that he had planned an escape route or, more probably, he knew the area well. Could mean that it was Chad Coldren. Or it could mean that the kidnappers knew what they were doing. And if that was so, it meant there was a good chance that they now knew about Myron's involvement and the fact that the Coldrens had disobeyed them." —Chapter 9, page 91

"Jack gestured at the...