"Beneath Fernandez's open suit, Snow could see a T-shirt with the Police Scuba team's unofficial motto: We dive in shit and look for dead things. Only this time it wasn't a dead thing, but a massive wrapped brick of heroine." Chap. 1, p. 6

"I have said my community is a safe haven. And so it has been, until a year ago. Now, we are under attack. Those who venture beyond safe areas disappear or are murdered. Murdered in the most horrific ways." Chap. 6, p. 48

"Even though he was officially in charge, it didn't hurt to let Waxie take some credit. The more visible you were at the beginning, the closer they mowed your ass at the end." Chap. 13, p. 85

"And just look at you: all muscled up like some gazelle. Where's the frumpy, slope-shouldered Margo I used to know and love?" Chap. 15, p. 94

"He assumed, in a surprisingly detached...