"But like the overwhelming number of young lawyers on the staff, I fell in love with the challenge of the work - trying complicated felony cases to juries, working around the clock with cops in station houses and at crime scenes, and generally being on the side of the angels in the endless battles against violent crime in the big city." Chapter 2, Page 7

"I'm tired of being Scarlett O'Hara. In my next life I'm going to come back as Melanie Wilkes, fragile and helpless." Chapter 4, Page 27

"I mean if they're not domestic or drug-related, then the killer and victim have absolutely no connection. The best cop in the world can spend a lifetime on a case and never solve it unless somebody walks into the station house and confesses." Chapter 6, Page 50

"You can keep the harasser a certain number of feet away from the victim's door, order him...