"I have already secured the compound: two homes with a 50-meter pool on the edge of the sea on Alli Drive in Kona, where the sun always shines." —Front matter, pg. 13

"From where I was sitting I could see that the arm he was trying to hide from the stewardess was bright blue, all the way up to the shoulder." —The Blue Arm, pg. 17

"Skinner was no stranger to money. Or to lying, either, for that matter." —Adventures in the Dumb Life, pg. 34

"People get edgy when the Kona weather hits." —Fire in the Nuts, pg. 46

"His family was demoralized, he said. Probably none of them would ever get back to England, not even to be buried." —He Was Not One of Us, pg. 54

"It was raining—a light, warm rain, but steady enough to keep the streets wet, so we could...