Robert Crais Quotes

Daniel said, all serious, I asked you, you seen a zombie? They got’m here in this place, I know for a fact. Tolley

Darkness towered above Joe Pike like an ominous black cloud. He did not know when or where he was, or how he came to be trapped here with this awful thing. He only knew the giant shadow would smother...

Does the Great Colinski have a first name? Royal. Such a name, don’t you think? Royal Colinski from East L.A. The burner vibrated in my pocket, but I was learning too much to stop. Why

Efficiency and focus are the keys to success.

Elvis Cole LARKIN CONNER BARKLEY wouldn’t talk to him. Cole asked about the property owners and tenants near her loft, but he might as well have spoken in a foreign language. Her lips pulled into a pe...

Flynn seemed to want a response, so Pike nodded. I respect your service, but I don’t give a rat’s ass about it. Half this police force was in the Marines and the other half is tired of hearing about i...

Four hours later Pike was gone and I was cooking a very nice puttanesca sauce when I decided to call Lucy Chenier. I was most of the way through a bottle of California merlot. In the course of my life...

Green looked at it without touching it and shook his head. This means nothing. For all anyone knows you wrote it yourself. It isn’t admissible. Not in a court of law, Jonathan. But we’re going to try...

He bent to take her arm, and I saw his shirt was spattered with blood. Streaks and drips of blood marked his shirt with slaughterhouse designs, and more blood speckled his face. I

He came around with a red plastic gas can and got into one of the boats and filled its tank. Watch out for those rat bastard ski boats, he said. Damn rich kids come out here and run wild all over the...

He cupped her face and forced her to see him. She had to see past her fear. Her eyes met his and he knew they were together. Watch me. Don’t look at them or anything else. Watch me until I motion for...

He made a sympathetic shrug, then spread his hands. Flexibility, my friend. Flexibility is the key to all happiness. Remember that.

He turned and went out the back of the kitchen, the midget swaggering behind him. Eddie Tang went with them, walking backward and keeping his eyes on Joe Pike. He stopped in the door, gave Pike a nast...

Hess rolled in like she was in charge, and laid out her plan to approach Ms. Breslyn. The ‘first contact’ team would consist of two women and an older, but nonthreatening, man. The team would include...

Hess said, What the fuck? I said, Temperamental. SACs aren’t used to being cut off. I touched her arm. We

Holman held the door for a young woman leaving the bank. He smiled at her pleasantly, then stepped inside and took in his surroundings. Banks were usually busy during the lunch hour, but now it was al...

I asked people about you, and those people said if you were looking for a guy, then you probably found him. I just can’t figure why you won’t come clean. Maybe they’re wrong. He nodded. Could be. But...

I came to do business, and you’re starting this shit? Park touched his arm. Come. We speak elsewhere. Fuck that. I’m not going anywhere. He shook off Park’s hand, but Park gripped him again. You are n...

I glanced at Pike, but Pike was staring out the front door. Intimidating the neighborhood. I said, Maybe he mentioned a buddy who worked at a Shell Station or an ex-con he would have drinks with.

I glanced at the address. He lives in Palm Springs? Somewhere in L.A., I think. His family has the house in Palm Springs, or it might belong to a friend, but I don’t really know. Krista hasn’t told me...