Mystery Series Quotes

“Let the spirits guide you, but never let them take you.”
― E.J. Stevens, Spirit Storm

“Emma was doing something nice for Simon? Hell must be enjoying the snow day.”
― E.J. Stevens, Spirit Storm

“We're partners in crime after all. That means partners no matter what.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski”
― Laurie Stevens, The Dark Before Dawn

“We don't fall in love with a woman because of her good character.”
― John Dickson Carr, He Who Whispers

“The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself.
Michel de Montaigne”
― Laurie Stevens, The Dark Before Dawn

“This just proves how far you and the others are willing to go to keep things hidden.”
― iLana Markarov, The Timekeeper's Secret

“Lev was a man who appreciated the finer things in life. To him, Maeve was one of them.”
― A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

“I’ve been at this a long time. The good guys don’t always win. You take what you can get...”
― A.G. Russo, Bangtails, Grifters, and a Liar's Kiss

“Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?”
― Beatles, Paperback Writer

“This is the day the Lord has made, suck it up and rejoice.”
― Donna White Glaser, The Enemy We Know

“The real core of this book is about the open secrets that can fester in a community until an outsider raises questions.”
― J. Alexander Greenwood, Pilate's Cross

“She is my friend, and there is nothing you can say or do that can stop me from helping her.”
― Peter G. Nogel

“The love of money can do wicked things to one's soul.”
― Jules Haigler, The Color of Red

“[Charlie] Moon was trying hard to get a handle on this. Maybe he's got a PhD. What with pass-fail replacing conventional grading, Internet diploma mills, and who knows what other academic innovations that has been driving the dumbing-down in American education, you couldn't tell who might have a sheepskin tucked away in his hip pocket.”
― James D. Doss, Three Sisters

“I really enjoyed hearing the likesand dislikesof my readers at book clubs as well as meeting new fans at the book signing at The Bookworm in Omaha " he said. "The book clubs have overwhelmingly asked me to hurry up on writing the sequel.”
― J. Alexander Greenwood, Pilate's Cross

“The professor’s motive was in the grand scheme of things terribly petty ” Greenwood said. “"Pilate’s Cross" is inspired by the questions this terrible crime created but as a work of fiction it is set in a different place and time and has a more complex motive for the murders.”
― J. Alexander Greenwood, Pilate's Cross

“Policework is like having ringside seats to the greatest show on Earth! (Ringling Bro's ref.)”
― Jim Kelly, The Temptation of Paradise

“There's a period in every case when I feel really confused. It's usually from right after I'm hired until I find out who did it.”
― Carol Lea Benjamin, This Dog for Hire

“L.A. was still hot. The Devil Winds were blowing. Bad things happen on nights like this.”
― Ingraffia Sam

“More than anything in my life, I wanted to find out who killed my wife. What Gomez just gave me was a spark.

When we got back, I’d take that spark and light Myrtle Beach on fire if I had to.”
― Caleb Wygal, Death on the Causeway

“He had conquered the most difficult and dangerous part of his plan, but there was something he couldn’t have planned for.
Me.”
― Caleb Wygal, Death on the Causeway

“Instead of dwelling on the factory of sadness that was the aftermath of Autumn’s death, I cut to the chase. “After that, I threw myself into my business and then helped my parents settle into their new house here. Anything to keep my mind off not having her with me. I was numb for a long time, trying to move on as she would have wanted me to do. It was so hard.”
I paused, thinking about those dark moments that involved way too much bourbon.
“I was like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, doing the same thing over and over each day with no purpose in life. Stuck in a rut. Big time. Then one morning, I came across the body of my friend Paige Whitaker behind my bookstore, and something possessed me to figure out who did it.”
― Caleb Wygal, Death on the Causeway

“Claude Dual had been coming into the store twice a week since I was little. He often wore tracksuits, I believe in an effort to suggest that he prioritized fitness, although his shape would suggest otherwise.”
― S.P. O'Farrell, Simone LaFray and the Chocolatiers' Ball

“First, she crawled through my garbage cans; then she accused me of murder. High
praise, coming from her.”
― Robin Castle, Seven Years Missing

“First, she crawled through my garbage cans; then she accused me of murder. High praise, coming from her.”
― Robin Castle, Seven Years Missing

“Ah," said Tom, "there's many a twist between handcuff and wrist."

Daisy laughed. "Don't count your villains until they're catched," she said.”
― Carola Dunn, Mistletoe and Murder

“The truth was somewhere between her brain and her beak. I wasn’t sure it would survive the trip.”
― Doreen Cronin, The Trouble With Chickens

“There’s been a shocking lack of dead bodies.”
― Byrd Nash, Delicious Death

“Poisoning is not random. It's personal”
― C T Mitchell, Murder at Easter: An Easter Holiday Short Read