"Nothing ever starts where we think it does. So of course this doesn't begin with the vicious and cowardly murder of an FBI agent and good friend named Betsey Cavalierre. I only though that it did. My mistake, and a really big and painful one." p. 3

"I did my best to laugh, but my insides were already tied up in knot. "Honestly, it's not as bad as it looks." It's much worse, Elizabeth. " p. 21

""What's the saying —'catch a tiger, if you can?' A tiger shouldn't be all that hard to find in San Fransisco."" p. 33

"I have yet to meet a relatively sane person who is anything but twitchy in a cemetery at night. I consider myself to be mildly sane; therefore, I was twitchy." p. 46

"There was a saying William wanted to whisper in their ears: If you hunt for the vampire, the vampire...