A sketch artist might be able to fill in the significant blanks where the marine life had fed on the flesh, but at present the only thing that would come from Faz and Del showing Jane Doe's autopsy picture to tenants in the buildings or boat owners at the marinas would be a lot of vomit.”
-- Narrator (chapter 2)

Importance: Tracy and her team are trying to figure out how to set out on this investigation, but their first task is to identify their victim. The fact that people would “vomit” at the sight of the picture is a sign of how badly this woman's face looks because of her time in the water.

She was the woman in that trap,' the manager said to herself, sounding as if Lynn Hoff had been Princess Diana, and the room would become a tourist attraction.”
-- Narrator (chapter 5)

Importance: The manager at the long-term hotel where the woman identified...