“Mr Benz, the parapet of an Italian bridge doesnt look like the proper place for you, said Chase.”

“Have you ever been in jail, mate? Whatever you did in your life, nothing can be compared to a single day in jail.”

“Paoletta turned to him with a dark face.Youd better watch out, Chase. Hes passed over to the evil side.”

“The wheel turns for all, caro Chase. Its the karma effect, Giulia cried, aping Ilenia. She could have never imagined that her words would become prophetic so soon.”

“Mr Benz, the parapet of an Italian bridge doesn’t look like the proper place for you,” said Chase.”

“Paoletta turned to him with a dark face.“You’d better watch out, Chase. He’s passed over to the evil side.”

“Just calm down and think, sir. Think. Where is your wife?”

“Chase rushed after her in pursuit. The woman lost one of her high-heeled shoes and Chase took advantage of her lack of balance to tackle her. They crashed to the ground.Why are you running from the...”

“Chase stooped to inspect it. Angelo handed him a latex glove, which took Chase three attempts to pull on before tearing it. He had never had a good relationship with latex. He tried two more, teari...”

“Maryanne Burkhard and I have set up a B W Wrighthard profile on Goodreads. If any of you would like to friend us there, we would really appreciate it. And if you're feeling really generous and woul...”

“Good gravy on biscuits, girlfriend, you are in the middle of more messes than a platter of scrambled eggs. What's going on? Are the planets aligned funny? Or is that unaligned? Shoot, I have no ide...”

“My name is Jane Delaney and I do things my paying customers cant do, dont want to do, dont want to be seen doing, cant bring themselves to do, and/or dont want it to be known theyd paid someone to ...”

“He was, however, unable to give much prolonged or continuous thought to anything that evening , or to concentrate on any one idea; and anyway, even if he had been able to, he would not have found h...”

“Nature can counsel nothing but crime.”

“A criminal remains a criminal whether he uses a convict's suit or a monarch's crown.”