"Carlo Druze was a stone killer."
Chap. 1, p. 1

"The thing called Stephanie Bekker heard the words 'Jesus Christ,' and then it was gone forever, leaving a single bloody handprint six inches below the Princess phone."
Chap. 1, p. 16

"Michael Bekker was beautiful."
Chap. 3, p. 31

"Bekker popped two MDMAs. Beauty broke into his jig."
Chap. 6, p. 72

"Tangled. And interesting. Without realizing it, Lucas began whistling, almost silently, under his breath."
Chap. 9, p. 115

"Druze was free of the tarbaby."
Chap. 14, p. 178

"The voice was from Star Wars, from Darth Vader. No contractions. No sloppy constructions. Scripted and pared to the bone."
Chap. 19, p. 227

"She didn't even like them much, but they were hers, no doubt about that."
Chap. 22, p. 254

"Barlow hadn't been good on the street. He was a control freak and didn't deal well with ambiguities—and the street was one large ambiguity."
Chap. 25, p. 293

"He didn't do...