Red’s just dark pink when you think about it. When
Rather than trust her reflexes, she programmed for auto. And hoped the jokers down in Maintenance hadn’t played any pranks with the mechanism. Still, she was too tired to care if she ended up in Hobok...
Plea bargain resulted in probation with standard obligatory rehabilitation. Obligation satisfied at Keith Richard Memorial Rehabilitation Center, New Los Angeles.
Peabody only smiled. Guilt was the best tool, she knew. She’d learned that one at her mother’s knee.
Parenthood always has its individual structure. And it’s a risky business. You do your best.
No screen? She nudged him away, scanned the walls. Seriously? What kind of place is this?The sort where people use bedrooms for sex and sleep, which is exactly waht I have in mind. To prove it, he tum...
Nature, nurture, both matter, both form us. But at some point, at so many points, the choices we make, the paths we take, they define us.
My late unlamented father taught me one valuable lesson. 'Boy', he would say to me in the thick brogue of a champion drunk, 'the only way to fight is to fight dirty. The only place to hit is below the...
Mattie hurried in, carrying a lowball glass of amber liquid with a twist of orange on a small tray. Like a skilled waitress she set a cocktail napkin on the table beside Jefferson, put the glass on it...
Martha, I wonder if you can ever truly know someone you love until you have been married near forever. It was Martha’s turn for an encouraging nod. Loving someone and coming to know them better, Jack...
Marriage, she thought. Every bit as complicated and slippery as cop work.
Love changes everything. I proposed to my wife after we limped away from a physical altercation with another serial killer. Good times. Feels
Lieutenant Dallas has just given you a brief demonstration of why she’s one of the most valuable assets of the NYPSD. She observes, deduces, and reports with accuracy.
Let me help you. Roarke bent down, lifted Rockman by the lapels. He jerked the man up, steadied him. Look at me, Rockman. Vision clear?Rockman blinked blood out of his eyes. I can see you. Good. Roark...
Justice doesn’t hide behind anonymity. It doesn’t operate without rules of conduct.
Jesus, Peabody. Amazed, Eve slid out into traffic. You checked out her ass? I check out everyone’s ass. It’s a hobby. Get a new one. Like . . . bird-watching or something. Bird-watching? In New York?
I’m not going anywhere. Gently, he stroked her back, cradled her head. Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears? I’ve been right here...
If somebody doesn't call me a bitch once a day, I figure I'm not doing my job.
I've never told anybody before.Did it help?I don't know. Maybe. Christ, I'm so tired.You could lean on me. He slipped an arm around her, nestled her head in the curve of his shoulder.For a little whil...
I will give you more pain than you can imagine. Your brains will leak out of your ears, and your bowels out of your ass. I will cause that to happen without leaving a mark, and every cop here will swe...