" I know people,” he said, shrugging. But under the shrug he almost smiled. There was still a good detective in there somewhere. Across the street from the restaurant, three big round people in shorts, showing white goose-fleshed legs in the gray cold, were taking pictures of a house covered with spray paint. It had the familiar X with cryptic numbers and letters in the hollows. Underneath was spray-painted in bright safety orange: OWNER HOME!! DO NOT TAKE CAT!! WE WILL SHOOT!! CAT RESCUERS GO FUCK YOURSELF!! GO HOME CAT PEOPLE!! GO HOME!!! CAT PEOPLE GO HOME! "

― Sara Gran , Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead (Claire DeWitt Mysteries, #1)