"Finally she said, 'I had a cat, but he disappeared a couple of weeks ago.'" Chapter 3: Page 30

"An artist was drowned- a long time ago- and some people thought it was a murder." Chapter 4: Page 36

"Qwilleran had no idea at what hour he fell asleep-or how long he had slept when he was startled awake by a scream." Chapter 4: Page 43

"Qwilleran's hunches were usually accompanied by a prickling sensation on the upper lip, and when this happened he was never wrong." Chapter 6: Page 59

"Qwilleran returned to Maus Haus on the River Road bus, pondering the pieces of the puzzles: two missing persons, a drowned child, a slandered, restaurateur, a lost cat, a black eye, a scream in the night." Chapter 13: Page 134

"Koko, wearing his blue harness and leading Qwilleran on the twelve-foot leach, entered the pottery with the confidence of the one who had been there before...