He Sipped his coffee, watched the flames. You gave me my life, you did, He insisted when Summerset made a protesting sound. And I worked-in my fashion- to build this place. I asked you to tend it for...
Hastings hunched at the rickety table in Interview Room C, doing a pretty good job of looking bored. The dribbles of sweat along his temples were the only sign he was feeling the heat.Eve dropped into...
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. —LEO NIKOLAEVICH TOLSTOI
Gossip needn’t be false to be evil—there’s a lot of truth that shouldn’t be passed around. —Frank A. Clark
Get out of the lab occasionally, Stiles.Why? There are people out there. Nothing fucks things up faster than people.
Gee, Vernon, now you're scaring me. Not the union rep. She gave a deliberate shudder.You won't be so smart when you're hit with a lawsuit, and I start bleeding that rich husband you hooked.My God, Pea...
Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility. —LORD HALIFAX
For a moment, she let herself forget about the business at hand and smiled at him. You know, Roarke, you’re kind of cute. She realized it was the first time she’d really surprised him. His head came u...
Eve: She had big plans for me. Kind of a pet, I imagine. Like William. Her little trained dog. And with you dead, she figured I'd inherit all your goodies. You're not going to do that to me are you?Ro...
Eve. He waited a beat. I once stood in a field in Ireland, alone, a little lost, and wishing for you more than I wished for my next breath. And you came, though I never asked you, you came because you...
Eve, I know this continues to astound and baffle you, but I actually like to socialize.I know. If it wasn't for that, you'd be perfect.
Eve supposed everything about Nadine looked mag, from her sweep of streaky blonde hair to the toes of her jazzed shoes. She had a foxy, angular face, observant green eyes, and a slim body that curved...
Eve found a street slot—small miracle—and decided it was worth a two and a half block hike in the snow. She imagined some cheery optimist would call the wind bracing. She hated cheery optimists. She
Don't wear those trousers with that shirt. What are you thinking?I'm going to a bust, not a party.That's no reason not to look your best. Let's see, what's the well-dressed cop wearing these days to t...
Divorced him—hired a fucking shark lawyer—excuse the language. No problem. Cops hear words like lawyer all the time. Fanny
Did he put hands on you? Not quite. I think that was going to be next, but O’Brian drew him off. Before that, Clifton got pissy I wasn’t telling him whatever he wanted to know and accused me of being...
Creative people study other people; and music is a science as much as an art, an emotion as much as a science.
Clearing her throat, Peabody turned the cube on record. I owe Dallas, Lieutenant Meaniepants Eve, twenty dollars to be paid out of my hard-earned, under-appreciated detective's salary next payday. Pea...
Cakes of rice are not a snack. I suspect them of evil deeds for this alone.
By five A.M., her eyes were gritty and her head ached. The single hour’s sleep she had managed to tuck in between sex and murder was beginning to wear on her.