- [Siobhan Clarke is being stalked by the brother of a man whom her evidence has convicted. He has broken into her house, killed her cat and left the body in the refrigerator. Rebus clears it away for her]
- DI John Rebus: I'm sorry about Scooby.
- [He turns to leave her flat]
- DI John Rebus: [chuckling] He was a cool cat.
- [Siobhan is horrified, then sees the funny side]
- DS Siobhan Clarke: [chuckling] Not funny! Really not funny!
- DI John Rebus: [to the boy's father:] He shot those boys, he shot Hartman, and he shot himself.
- Jack Bell: You're insane.
- DI John Rebus: I don't know if he wanted to kill himself; maybe he was just trying to cover up.
- Jack Bell: You're crazy.
- DI John Rebus: Listen to me. He was miserable. He was unhappy. He blamed you.
- Jack Bell: This is crap. You can't...
- DI John Rebus: He blamed his mum for dying. He blamed Hartman, her, the boys, God knows. I don't know. Maybe he hated Wednesdays. I don't know.
- [Teri Cotter, a sixteen-year-old girl, is having a relationship with "Peacock" Johnson, a much older man]
- DI John Rebus: What does he want, then?
- Teri Cotter: Company.
- DI John Rebus: He's nearly sixty. You're just a girl.
- Teri Cotter: I give him a wank!
- [Rebus smirks]
- Teri Cotter: [sheepishly] I don't... *like* it.