Near to the end of the novel, Ward and Jack are staying at a hotel in Tampa Bay, and Wade is described as sitting in the "corner next to the telephone" in their room; yet on the very next page, in the next scene, Jack has to call their father from the telephone in the hotel lobby as there were "none in the room".

In previous books (such as The Face of a Stranger), Hester Latterly's sister-in-law is called Imogen. In Chapter 7 of this book, however, her name is given as Josephine.

When Eliza is talking to Midas at the July 4th party, in response to her question the text reads 'Marcus chuckled' instead of Midas.

About two thirds of the way through Ch. 1, Sookie serves a pitcher of beer to her brother Jason's boss, Shirley Hunter. But in the previous book, Dead to the World, Jason's boss Shirley's last name was Hennessey (Ch. 3).

Arrington has a son. At the end of an earlier book, Swimming to Catalina, Arrington had a daughter.