A species of cooperation, and a species of strife. We fight wars, and we also establish the rule of law to mete out justice to the criminals in our midst. Humans are both good and...

The instant Isabella Cortez left the safety of the FBI building, goose bumps skittered across her skin and her senses went on high alert.

I guess you’re going for the hard-ass Texas Ranger thing today” ~ Laney Briggs

When a beautiful blonde asks, you don’t say no.

Well, that could have gone better.

I may not carry a detective’s badge, but I’m certainly the highest ranking member of Albatross Harbor’s neighborhood watch program. And like tilapia, I know something smells fishy when I taste it. In my neighborhood,...

It is. We also eat hamburgers and spaghetti.

I love introverts. They don’t waste words. Excessive extroverts can be very wasteful. I don’t trust them in any kind of intricate or delicate matter.

The general public have a warped view of the speed at which an investigation proceeds. They like to imagine tense conversations going on behind the venetian blinds and unshaven, but ruggedly handsome, detectives working themselves...

that was the thing about luck, its laws were those of scarcity.

Rene Caron takes my breath away!

Possibly. But remember, Vampyres are not romantic. Vampyres are dead. They are walking reminders of tragedy. Loving one is necrophilia. And wanting to be one is the first step on the road to catastrophe.

Karo kann sehr gut schießen. Sie trifft nur nicht immer.

I think like a detective.

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

Like the end of Terminator 2? Good question. If there’s even a single cell remaining, it can regrow my whole body. But even if there isn’t a single cell left, then an ancient spell I...

Just making the cement now, only takes five minutes.””I did it in four once,” Pauly whispered boastfully to Johnny, “but if I’m honest, I was never completely happy that it set properly.””Who was it for?””Big...

Well, strap my ass to a flagpole and hoist it skyward’ an all to familiar voice declared.

All people, whether Aspie or neuro-typical are predisposed by their society to make guesses, jump to conclusions and then seek to defend those conclusions, regardless of logic or changing circumstance. This is sloppy, illogical thinking...

You’ve a pretty good nerve,” said Ratchett. “Will twenty thousand dollars tempt you?”It will not.”If you’re holding out for more, you won’t get it. I know what a thing’s worth to me.”I, also M. Ratchett.”What’s...

He just waited until I stopped talking and said, ‘Jesus, kid, you’re almost a detective. All you need now is a gun, a gut, and three ex-wives. So what’s your theory?

He can see what move I’m planning to make in chess and counters before I can do it. He always knows who the killer is in a detective story. I think he could make a...

Remember, Vampyres are dead. While a female Vampyre can go through the motions of sex, since their flesh retains normal flexibility and warmth, they are unable to truly participate. So having sex with a female...

All that Anne Rice crap is true, I thought on my way out the door; New Orleans really does have a vampire problem.Besides me, of course.

Persistence is often a detective’s greatest ally.

Covert operations relied on the unguarded slip, the unconscious choosing of one word over another.

When I saw the Twilight movies I thought being a Vampyre was so romantic. When my friends decided to be Vampyres it was so cool. We would do anything to be like Dwayne and Maria...

Ah ha!” the Doc screeched suddenly, wheeling around. “The salicylic acid! Maybe it SHOULD have been heated first!

You sir, are a thief.

Everything can be summed up into an equation.

At the small table, sitting very upright, was one of the ugliest old ladies he had ever seen. It was an ugliness of distinction – it fascinated rather than repelled.

Norm was lean, his short, straight black hair parted on the side, his mustache trimmed like he’d never heard of Adolf Hitler.

Being a Berlin cop in 1942 was a little like putting down mousetraps in a cage full of tigers.

The only way Magick ever has power is when its secrets are truly secret. Once too many people know how it works, then it doesn’t work anymore.

I had been a happy normal wife and mother in Orange County until ten years ago, when I was attacked by an evil vampire… and turned into one myself. It’s made my life since gross...

I left a note for my mother. I always leave a note for my mother when I am on a case.

She tried to focus on the element of riddle or at least puzzle contained in the letter and ignore the sense of doom that was sweeping through her like clouds rolling to the shore over...

All I need are some fava beans and a nice Chianti!” he said as he slurped.

Simon’s brain tried to comprehend the situation. ‘Was an international supermodel really holding Doc Gutson, leader of the infamous Bloodworth Gang, captive?

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we’re all deductive geniuses.

He was wearing a gleaming cream-coloured linen suit, and a Panama hat. The weirdest thing about this was that he was not the most outlandish-looking person in the room by a long way. Not that...

It often seems to me that’s all detective work is, wiping out your false starts and beginning again.”Yes, it is very true, that. And it is just what some people will not do. They conceive...

It takes a certain kind of man willing to work long, grueling hours in a career offering few rewards.

In the nineteenth century, The Romantics viewed Nature as benign, a glowing reflection of God’s grace. Now we know better. Nature is brutal and, if it is feminine, she’s not the kind of woman you...

That’s even older than my parents!

I put the carpetbag on a ledge, and then, hanging upside down by my razor-clawed feet, slept until sunset. A first for me, and actually quite comfortable.Lord help me.

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order.

Strike teringat kata Adler, “Kebohongan tidak akan masuk akal, kecuali kebenaran mengandung bahaya yang setara.

But the rest of us aren’t like that, Nick. I only have the one liver, and I need it, thank you very much.” Elphaba’s diaphragm rapidly rose and fell.

Ah ha!’ the Doc screeched suddenly, wheeling around. ”The salicylic acid! Maybe it SHOULD have been heated first!