"In a storm, and especially at night, Claudia LaCourt's house seemed to slide out to the edge of the world."
Page 7

"The Iceman was befuddled by the mechanics of the assassination; if he'd had a sense of humor, he might have laughed."
Page 47

"When you're a cop, you're always running into rich assholes that treat you like some kind of servant."
Page 105

"You keep thinking, if I can just clear away the last thing, if I can just make it through next Wednesday or next month or through the winter, then I can get my life going."
Page 106

"The slights and the insults of the day would keep him awake for hours, plotting revenge; and there were few days without slights and insults."
Page 142

"Harper had a craziness, a killer feel about him: scars on his shiny forehead, lumps."
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"The crew had found a badly deformed slug...