Through no fault of his own was a victim of an economy in the toilet. Joe used to make six figures a year in a corporate position commanding a crew that installed high-end security systems in Malibu m...
You're working with a guy named Tank?He's big. Jesus, Morelli said. I had to fall in love with a woman who works with a guy named Tank. You love me?Of course I love you. I just don't want to marry you...
You need a real gun, Lula said. I don’t need a real gun. I’m not shooting anyone. Suppose they shoot at you first? I wave my arms in the air, scream like a girl, and run away as fast as I can.
You don’t wear responsibility like clothes. You can’t take it off and put it on when you feel like. You wear responsibility on the inside, and it isn’t that easy to remove. You have to learn how to li...
You don’t listen. I always listen, Ranger said. I don’t always agree. I have a problem right now that I can’t seem to solve by myself. I need you to help me find my daughter. And there’s an even bigge...
We took the stairs to the second floor and ran into Dillan Ruddick, the building super. He had a wet vac going, sucking up water from the soggy hall carpet.'Thanks for saving my apartment,' I said to...
To celebrate our partnership I dressed up like Ranger. Black boots, black jeans, black turtleneck, small silver hoop earrings.He gave me the once-over when I opened the door to him.‘Smart ass,’ he sai...
There are lots of things we've never talked about. Such as?Children. Suppose we have children and it turns out we don't like them?If we can like Bob, we can like anything, Morelli said. Bob was in the...
That’s how you tell what a man’s really made of. It’s one thing for a man to be big and brave and kill a spider. Any man could do that. Trailin’ after a woman when she’s shopping for thongs and push-u...
That was just like a ride, he said. Did you see me going around in there? Like a fun house, right? Like an amusement park. I ride all those rides. I’m used to that sort of thing. I sit right up front.
That was close,he said, helping himself to coffee.Yeah, you almost opened the door to Morelli.I wasn't talking about Morelli. I was talking about us.That too, I said.Ranger sliced a bagel and looked f...
Some men go a lifetime and never have their kid blow up a car, but I have a daughter who's knocked off three cars and burned down a funeral home. Maybe that's some kind of record.
So it was okay with Tank that you bought the ring? Tank got a real important job, Lula said. He don’t necessarily have time to go shopping for shit like this. Does he know he’s engaged? Of course he k...
Sliced off like a chicken neck and stuck with a hatpin. Reminded me of my husband. Lula leaned forward so she could whisper. You talking about size? Was your man’s part that big? Heck no, Grandma said...
Riley had been in the interrogation room for six hours. For most people, this would have been a terrible hardship. Even a few weeks ago, Riley herself would have seen it as a nightmare. Now she just t...
Ranger was in his usual black—a perfectly tailored black suit, and a black dress shirt open at the neck. The Glock at the small of his back was also black. Ranger’s body is perfect. His hair is very d...
Ranger took his SEALs hat off and put it on me, tucking my hair behind my ears, letting his hands linger a moment too long. You have to believe in what you’re doing. That could be a problem. And Range...
Oh good. I love being bait for a homicidal mutilator.Stephanie Plum
No one can eat just one French fry. I bet supermodels eat just one French fry.
Mrs. Morelli opened the door to us and smacked Joe on the side of the head. Sex fiend. Just like your father, God rest his rotten soul.Morelli grinned down at his mother. It's a curse.