"It looked real, and it also looked dead." Prologue, pg. 3

"I did not think, nor did I have reason to believe, that Susan Martin's murder and everything that grew from it would have such a profound and permanent impact upon my life." Prologue, pg. 13

"We worked out my fee, Elliot Truly cut me a check, and the Big Green Defense Machine left me to get on with it." Chapter 2, pg. 23

"It wasn't as nice as actually being with her, but if romance were easy, everyone would do it." Chapter 3, pg. 35

"By nine o'clock the next morning I had gained some measure of control over the sappy grin and was once more feeling focused, productive, and ready to swing into investigative action." Chapter 4, pg. 38

"That Pike is something, isn't he?" Chapter 9, pg. 62

"Another day, another moron. And to think, some people have to work for a living."
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