If Love’s testimony is corroborated, there will be indictments. Do you understand me? If you want to have me recused, go for it! Know this, however. You will have an enemy on the Wayne Circuit Court bench for life!”“Your Honor, I’ve changed my mind,” Walsh capitulated. “I have confidence in your ability to render a fair and impartial decision in the obstruction matter.

He placed his coffee cup in the MKZ's fanncy cup holder and drove off. If the woman who sued McDonald's had an MKZ, she'd never have burned her crotch. Then again, she'd never have sued, and she would have all that dough.  She could afford a Lincoln now.

What’s that?” Zack fretted.“One’s dead—janitor at the church where Gerry did his dirty work before Michigan. Died yesterday. We think he was killed, but autopsy results are inconclusive. They’ve ruled out homicide, and the official cause of death is ‘cardiac arrest.’”“The church strikes again? People are being murdered?” Zack seethed.

Fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, probation, no jail time . . . He knew fourth degree meant simple 'touching.' What was wrong with simple touching? Why would anyone be sent to prison for that? Ridiculous!

Jesus, Zack, will you stop kidding around? We’ve had one dinner.”“Jesus? Name’s familiar … I can’t place it. Wasn’t he Jewish?

Have dinner with me tonight. I can fill you in on my conversation with Micah.”“And if I say no?” She wouldn’t have.“Then, I’ll keep my discussions with Micah to myself.”“Zack, that’s bribery.”“Sue me.

Something happened here. I know it, and so do you. I will find out what, when, and to whom. Apparently, I'll have to find out the hard way, but I'll find out . . .

How could the church buy off a whole town?

Whatever money can’t buy, a little leverage can buy, right?