I've never before had the same main character appear in consecutive novels, but I liked Yancy and his attitude, and I was curious to see what would happen to him after Bad Monkey. And I liked the idea of him still trying to get his detective job back while he's stuck on roach patrol.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

My escape is to just get in a boat and disappear on the water.

Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.

The evening news made her wonder if God was dead; the morning sun made her believe He wasn't.

No deliberative body is manifestly less qualified to make decisions about public education than our state Legislature. With a few shining exceptions, most of these clowns don't read, can't write, and clearly can't add.

I'd love to see a good script of one of my books, in these years of animations and comic book sequels, and had so many written over the years, but none quite clicked.