"Certainly the cops had no reason to even think about the contents of his trunk, no reason to suspect that under a pile of luggage a plastic bag containing the body of a prominent sixty-one-year-old writer, Ethel Lambston, was wedged in a space-defying squeeze against the spare tire." Chapter 1, pg. 10

"It was just as he was draining the last warming sip of bourbon that he realized the one ghastly mistake he had made, and knew exactly who would almost inevitably detect it. Neeve Kearny." Chapter 1, pg. 16

"It was the one unfulfilled need in his life— to find that killer, to make him and Sepetti pay for Renata's death." Chapter 2, pg. 23

"In the last six years, Ethel Lambston had become a valuable customer. She insisted Neeve pick out every stitch she bought as well as choose accessories and compile lists to tell her what went with what." Chapter...