Malcolm J. Moldowsky did not hesitate to address United States Congressman Dave Dilbeck as 'a card-carrying shithead.
Keyes opened his briefcase. You a lawyer, Mr. Keyes? Nope. I’m an investigator. I was hired by your lawyers to help you.
I'm not a religious person,' Skink continued, 'but stealing a preacher's car is a slime-dog move, even by the gutter standards of today's common criminal.
I mean, you’ve got thirty detectives working on this murder, right? You must have had a list of suspects. Not on this one. So what we’re talking about is blind luck. Some Beach cop nails the guy for r...
He nearly died.''Yeah, because he's a fool,' Mickey said. 'There's no known cure for that.
Dragging baits in the ocean was different than jigging for walleyes in the lake back home.
Detective Karl Rolvaag belonged in the Midwest. This he knew in his heart, and he was reminded of it every day when he went to work.
Damn it, Billy, you did it again. People don't buy townhouses on 'canals'. 'Canal' is a dirty word. A canal is where raw sewage goes. A canal is where ducks fuck and cattle piss. Who'd want to live on...
As a reporter, Brian Keyes had come to know B.D. Harper fairly well. There was nothing not to like; there simply was nothing much at all.
After the first gunshot, they dove to the ground and pressed themselves flat. Then came two other shots, followed shortly by more. Nick was sure he heard one of the bullets zing off a nearby tree.
Actually it was the mark of the stupid, which is what you get for sitting under a tree during a thunderstorm.
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature ais...
What happened to your eye, young lady? I fell down the stairs. What happened to your hair?
The pilot episode of Bayou Brethren was a major disappointment, the visual appeal of high-def hog shit having been overestimated by a network vice president who was summarily promoted to a more harmle...
The Dragon Queen was firm: No sex, no more voodoo curses on Christopher.
Thank God they didn't know about it, all those people who feared and needed and sucked up to Palmer Stoat, big-time lobbyist. All those important men and women clogging up his voice mail in Tallahasse...
Stoat asked, 'Are you a manhunter?''More like a shit-scraper,' the visitor replied. 'And I'm starting with you.
Since the medical board was made up mostly of other doctors, Rudy Graveline had fully expected exoneration--physicians stick together like shit on a shoe.
She said, 'you think I'm a whore?''Don't be ridiculous.'Erin stepped back from the water. 'But you wouldn't want your daughter doing what I do.''My daughter,' said Garcia, 'is not leaving the house un...
She said there was no tactful way for a naked person to cope with a runny nose, especially while dancing. Orly grudgingly agreed.