Mystery Suspense Quotes

“Jack, this is Vance McGruder. I couldn’t find your cell number so I’m taking a chance on reaching you at the cottage. It’s Monday afternoon and I need you here as soon as possible. I’ve arranged for a one-way, first-class ticket on Delta Air Lines on their 3:15pm flight tomorrow afternoon to Atlanta and connecting on to LAX. I’ll have a car and driver at LAX to pick you up. Call me as soon as you get this message.”
― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods

“Fringe winds from Hurricane Lori rushed in, carrying dust and debris. It blew through the highceilinged, chandeliered lobby and back into the wide open doors of the elegant and intimate dining room. White linen tablecloths fluttered and napkins flew in the air, sending plates and silverware crashing to the floor.”
― Behcet Kaya, Murder on the Naval Base

“And he never asked you about it?”
“No, he never asked. If he had, I’m still not sure I would have told him.”
“Told him what?”
“That is was his baby.”
― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods

“And, for a moment in time, I’d crossed the line over to evil and used some unethical interrogation techniques to bring him down. I was hoping for a few months of ‘down time.’ Time to reevaluate how I’d let myself cross that line and how to prevent it from ever happening again. Then there was my father. He was quickly succumbing to Alzheimer’s and I wanted to spend more time with him.”
― Behcet Kaya, Body In The Woods

“The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on.”
― Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

“=> When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile.
=> Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.
=> It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose
it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been
missing until it arrives.”
― Stephenie Meyer, Twilight

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

“Give to the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.”
― Myrna Ericksen

“We ask our brain to stop worrying, stop obsessing, stop dreaming the same scary dreams again and again. But our brain rarely takes requests.”
― Dan Poblocki, The Ghost of Graylock

“Damn straight" said Connor. "So yeah, I look at you and I could suck start a leaf blower, or drill a Kevin-shaped body hole into the wall, like a cartoon.”
― Z.A. Maxfield, The Long Way Home

“It would be too easy to become infatuated with a man like him, and also decidedly unwise considering the female debris left in his wake.”
― Tiffany A. Snow, No Turning Back

“I can't be easy. It's not my nature. But it's my nature to love you.”
― Iris Johansen, Eve

“He won't hurt me. I have a secret weapon.”
― Sandra Brown, The Switch

“If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn’t, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost.If I weren't so screwed up, I would've sold my soul a long time ago for a handsome man who made me feel pretty or who could at least treat me to a Millionaire's Martini. Instead I lingered over a watered down Sparkling Apple and felt sorry about what I was about to do to the blue-eyed bartender standing in front of me. Although I shouldn't, after all, I am a bail recovery agent. It's my job to get my skip, no matter the cost. Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me? Yet, I had been wondering lately. What was this job costing me?”
― Miranda Parker, A Good Excuse to Be Bad

“Believe in yourself, Follow your dreams, and all things are possible!”
― Garry E. Lewis

“He was too old to be working, too young to be dead and too broke to do anything else. Life's a bitch, sometimes...”
― Chris Culver, Just Run

“I help others because I can, not because I expect something in return.”
― Amy Manemann, Deadly Reunion

“I can’t help it, Your Honor. Something in my brain ain’t wired right.”
― Nancy Mangano, Deadly Decisions

“Well, you should have a chat with your boyfriend, clarify your desires. Hate to break the news, but, uh, he’s cheatin’ on you. Tell him I said my dog kisses better than him and he hits like a girl.”
― Courtney Vail, Kings & Queens

“Come any closer, I’ll blow your little soldier to bits.”
― Nancy Mangano, Deadly Decisions

“Oh, she’d let justice take its course…

Because justice, as everyone knew, was a woman.”
― Kerrigan Byrne, Dancing With Danger

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

“What I feared was the onset of incontinence was simply a mid-laugh crisis.”
― Venita Louise, Mixed Nuts

“Silence hung around the corners, draped like spider webs across all surfaces and hanging like smog in the air.”
― Jennifer Perry

“That dowdy little prig is that good in bed.”
― Catherine Coulter, The Maze

“Un huruit de roţi, traversând holul în viteză, l-a întrerupt pe bătrân, care şi-a îndreptat capul îndesat spre zgomot. Ultimele cuvinte i-au îngheţat pe buze. În prag şi-a făcut apariţia o fată într-un scaun cu rotile. Părul lung, nins de o albeaţă stranie, i se revărsa pe umeri tulburător, asemenea unui voal de mireasă. Nu era nici mai frumoasă, nici mai urâtă ca femeile care-i scăldaseră aşternuturile. Buzele îi semănau cu nişte valuri care nu aştern la ţărm scoici sidefate, ci pescăruşi morţi. De genele ondulate spânzura un ideal închis între zidurile singurătăţii. Purta o bluză peste silueta osoasă, iar picioarele îi erau înveşmântate cu o fustă până în pământ.”
― Teodora Gheorghe, Întâmplări despre niciodată - 7 povești neobișnuite despre singurătate

“Your fire burned me, mine set you free.”
― Ricardo Coelho, Seduced by Vengeance: He knew that only he could save himself

“Paedyn,” the sound of my name from his lips cuts me off, “the ladies
do love me.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“It's like he was a thread in a larger plan that is not done yet.”
― John A. Mulhall, From Terror to Valor: Echoes and Shadows

“But someone had been at the park watching her. Who had that been? This wasn't over until they uncovered all the shadowy figures who had stalked them. If that ever happened. No matter what, she planned to get the egg out of her possession.”
― Colleen Coble, Fragile Designs