"Striking at people that way is almost as good as the other, the real way. The way I'd fought to forget—and had almost forgot—until I met her," Chapter One, p. 5.

"Out here, you say yes ma'am and no ma'am to anything with skirts on; anything white, that is. Out here, if you catch a man with his pants down, you apologize ... even if you have to arrest him afterwards. Out here you're a man, a man and a gentleman, or you aren't anything. And God help you if you're not," Chapter Two, p. 8.

"'I mean'—I hesitated—'knowing Mike, we were sure he couldn't be guilty.' Because I was. Mike had taken the blame for me," Chapter Three, p. 20.

"All you need is a tip that a guy is guilty. From then on, unless he's a big shot, it's just a...