"Edie Marsh headed to Dade County from Palm Beach, where she'd spent six months trying to sleep with a Kennedy" (4).

"Tony Torres sat in what remained of his living room and sipped what remained of his Chivas. He found it amusing that his 'Salesman of the Year' ward had survived the hurricane; it was all that remained on the rain-soaked walls" (21).

"The hurricane had transformed the trailer court into a sprawling aluminum junkyard"

(49).

"The doctor wanted to know if her husband had any birthmarks. Bonnie said she hadn't noticed, and felt guilty—as if she hadn't spent time examining the details of Max's trunk and extremities. Couldn't most lovers map their partner's most intimate blemishes"

(66)?

"Max Lamb believed himself to be blessed with a winning personality, a delusion that led him to assume the kidnapper had grown fond of him. Max felt it was only a matter...