The whole thing becomes like this evil enchantment from a fairy tale, but you’re made to believe the spell can never be broken.

Her immediate impulse was one of self-preservation. She was tied up in this somehow, she didn’t know why or how, but there was something waiting for her on the other side of this crowd.

He began as a minor imitator of Fitzgerald, wrote a novel in the late twenties which won a prize, became dissatisfied with his work, stopped writing for a period of years. When he came back...

When it came to watching television, Ted was ambidextrous.

Sometimes a girl’s gotta be bad to be good.Murder in the Dog Park

Listen, we got two stiffs and a river of red in a villa in Herne Bay…

Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders.

A pawn only needs to move five spaces to become the queen” – from Bhendi Bazaar

Someone’s head in a bucket on the hood of my car.

There are times when you have to commit a crime to prevent an even bigger one. At least, that’s what I tell myself when I can’t sleep at night.

Flowers are fragile and ephemeral…Even if you meant to protect them with a surrounding fence from wind and rain, they would die without sunlight…and a spindly fence has no power against a strong wind. –...

No sun cream or condoms, just in case you’re looking at the lady-boys. There’s plenty of AIDS lingering about and every STD you can imagine.

My inner goddess confirms that staring at a beautiful/rich/powerful face is the basis of True Love.

The good thing about the aristocracy – German or English – was that they were easily traced, Mirabelle thought.

Well, on paper, yes, but between us women . . . absolutely not.

Marcie was found in her apartment late last night uh… no longer alive.” My bedside manner has never been my strong suit.Dr. Taggart looked distressed and began to ramble incoherently for a minute. I let...

My philosophy in life is to eat, drink and investigate – in that order.

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