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

Josie, like Gretchen, isn't afraid of blood. What woman would be?

Her body was spattered with tiny bits of the reverend’s flesh and blood, like someone had combined shrimp and tomato soup and then forgot to put the lid on the blender.

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.