Sleuth Quotes

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I rested my head on the wall behind me and closed my eyes, wishing my life had a button: Ignore All.

Death by misadventure sounds like a hopeful possibility.--Marjorie Branell-Markson

Moriston House is really quite beautiful. No wonder everyone wants to be murdered here.--Roberta "Bobbie" Aldridge

Across the rectory's east lawn, through a blizzard of flying leaves, something long and thin was flapping in the wind. A ragged figure in a white nightgown hanging lifelessly from the trees.

When you're writing a whodunit, the dead body is the most important character. It's the pivot point around which the plot spins.

I considered my home sanctuary from the judicial arena, far from the Fernoza Family legacy, and I had no intention of sharing it with anyone.

The bell seemed to have set off analarm in my brain, and I glimpsed at the mysterious envelope on my desk.There was another item I should’ve gotten from my single-shoe salesman.

The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.

I leveled the gun and fired until it was empty.

Even in death, her mother was winning.

He wrote to his father every day. His platoon called his dad a girlfriend.

I ask you, what would you do if you could erase one bad memory and retain all that was beautiful in your life? Would you not move heaven and earth - and get loads of therapy - to have that?

If you can get to be you, why can't I get to be me?

How do you circumvent a mind bent upon lying to get away from the truth?

The list of lifesavers left him numb, clueless - the action, indifferent.

He also knew the language of The Klingons, but the army had no use for it.

Aurora, you're a child, live like one, don't act like one. Enjoy the innocence, dump the immaturity.