The Praying Mantis Bride (Nameless: Season One, #3)

by Dean Koontz

“A butterfly flyin’ after dark is an omen, means your death is maybe comin’ soon.

“A woman steps on eggshells means she’ll soon go mad.”

Nameless carries a pistol in a shoulder holster under his sport coat. He’s tempted to draw it and shoot the woman in the foot to see if the chicory root works.

If the person who drops scissors picks them up, he’ll cut his own good luck.

Stepping on a spider is bad luck. Stepping on ants brings rain.

Justice has been twisted by culture and politics until its meaning is everywhere contested. Each of their missions is instead meant to bring truth and its consequences into the life of someone who has woven a persona of lies, thereby putting an end to his or her crimes.

If you crack an egg that has no yolk, your death is imminent.