“Ugly people kill people all the time. But when pretty people did, it got attention.”

“There will be time to diet when people stopped killing one another.”

“You find that you have lot of time on your hands when you suddenly are not drinking because you are pregnant.”

“Something about the way she moved through the world did not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.”

“Great. First the anonymous call. Now letters. Body parts all over town. It was like a scavenger hunt for psychos. Running after clues with a half-deranged, serial-killer-obsessed, recovering-addict cop was not a good idea. Then again...”

“Something about the way she moves through the world does not lend itself to the care of fragile objects.”

“Robbins had opened Gabby up. Her charred skin was peeled back, and her ribs were removed. She was pink inside, like steak that had been burned on a high heat but remained raw in the middle.”