We’ve got to get into shape, I said to Lula. We should go to a gym or something. I’d sooner set myself on fire.
Well hell, Tallulah, then go get an ice cream.
Welcome to Château du Roi, Carter said. Of course the house had a name, Kate thought, and one about as subtle as the three cars out front. Castle of the King. She decided to name her apartment somethi...
We ran to the bedroom and found Gloria pumping half a clip into a picture of her ex-husband. She dropped the gun onto the floor, turned, and mooned the picture and farted. Lula and I took a step back....
Uh oh, Lula said. Here comes Officer Hottie, and he don’t look happy. Morelli moved behind me and curled his fingers into the back of my jacket collar. I need to talk to you . . . outside. I wouldn’t...
This was the second time in less than forty-eight hours that a man stopped fondling me because his phone rang. And both times it was because someone had been killed. If I wasn’t a well-adjusted, emoti...
This is the advantage to being an eccentric. Everyone expects you to be eccentric. Emerson
This here’s the twenty-first century. Just ’cause we’re women don’t mean we can’t be sick as men.
They were about ten yards away, coming up the starboard side, when the men suddenly dove off their boat. Nick looked over his shoulder and saw Kate standing behind him with a rocket-propelled grenade...
These are desparate times. - Stephanie Plum
There’s a trade show going on this week for Russian vodka, Ranger said. This consulate will be hosting a meet-and-greet party at five o’clock. That would be a good time for us to slip in.
There's a small possibility that I might be a murder suspectStephanie
There was only one way I could see managing this. I got out, ran around the car, opened his door, and straddled him with one leg outside and one foot on the console. Beeeeeep! My ass was on the horn....
The smiling old man at the wheel had a spray-on tan, capped teeth, and was wearing a toupee. His face was pulled so tight that the double chin above his cravat might once have been his scrotum.
The problem with all that falling in love was that eventually it had to come to an end, and the end would be painful.
The law is for people who have nothing to hide.
The knife easily cut through the silky material of my shirt and my bra, and a huge wad of toilet paper fell out.
The elevator doors opened, and Ranger stepped out and spied Tank stretched out on the carpet.Fainted, I said.Ranger walked to Tank and stood hands on hips, staring down at him. Tank doesn't faint. I'v...
The balcony encircled the entire room and provided access to two levels of towering carved oak bookshelves. A huge domed ceiling loomed above her, featuring an eighteenth-century Italian fresco. A lar...
The Chihuahua pack was snoozing at his feet. All heads came up when I approached. I brought food for the minions, I said to Forest. Do you hear that, my teensy minions? The nice lady brought us food.