" He’s a cop,” Amy said flatly. She refused to acknowledge the way his quick, amused smile made her head buzz. “And you don’t look like a Zander.”
He smiled again. “No? I wasn’t aware there was a Zander look,” he said, clearly amused. “What would that look be, exactly?”
“Backwoods hillbilly cousin-kissing redneck.”
“Ttt.” Jam made a sound that might have been a laugh caught between her front teeth. It might also have been an admonition for Amy not to insult her friend. “Ignore her, Zander. She just doesn’t like hospitals. It makes her cranky.”
-Shutter's Eye, Leigh Macfarlane "

― Leigh Macfarlane , Shutter's Eye