"Harper had lived at Pin Oak for about a month when his father announced that he was going to New Orleans. He returned several weeks later with Henri, a mulatto child about two years younger than Harper."
The Legend of Pin Oak, p. 5

"Nobody could remember a murder ever taking place in Tyre, unless you count Miz Jasper's cat Sidney many years earlier. Folk didn't know quite what to say or do about a real homicide."
Justice, p. 23

"Seconds after Hoop signed a full confession, an officer radioed from his patrol car that Hoop's station and adjoining house had exploded in fire, shattering every window in the place."
Justice, p. 34

"He had an idea, and there wasn't a moment to waste. But his own words haunted him. Ain't not way to escape the final ride on the 11:59."
The 11:59, p. 39

"His eyes were fixed on something quite amazing&mdash...