Quotes from Joanne Fluke

There's no way I'm going to let a slang term invented by a scroungy dope dealer spoil my friend's cookie name.

Take some Butterscotch Crunch Fudge, too. Lisa and I made it while you were at Danielle's dance studio. It's in the cooler and it should be ready to cut by now. It's delicious, and Bonne's bound to like that. I'd give you one of the Cashew Candy Rolls we made for the opening night of the play, but they're not hard enough to cut yet.

You're right. I forgot that barns were heated. Hannah didn't bother to correct her sister. Strictly speaking, Andrea was right, barns were heated. They were kept warm by herding in all the cattle, keeping them together in a closed space and utilizing their body heat. When it came to barns in the winter BTUs stood for Bunched Together Until Summer.

WEIGHT: OVEN TEMPERATURE:

At the same time, Italian sausage, breadsticks, antipasto, and spaghetti vied for air supremacy.

Cross my heart and hope to die. I wonder where that comes from." "It's a reference to the crucifixion. It's like knock on wood . That's a reference to the wooden cross.

A hot, dry breeze greeted the Swensen sisters and their mother when they emerged from the air-conditioned interior of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.

The bell over the door tinkled and Sheriff Grant walked in, followed by the most intimidating hunk of man that Hannah had ever laid eyes on.

they constituted the list of names her mother and

FAKE ORANGE JULIUS 3 cups orange juice 1 envelope dry Dream Whip (the kind that makes 2 cups) 1 package dry vanilla pudding (the kind that makes 2 cups) 3 more cups orange juice Pour the orange juice into a blender. Add the dry Dream Whip and the dry pudding. Blend it for one minute on low and another minute on medium speed. Pour the mixture in a 2-quart pitcher.

Whenever someone told her not to think about something, it had quite the opposite effect. Once she knew she shouldn't dwell on something, it took on even more importance in her mind.

mean, you're not actually going to the party with him!" "Yes, I am," Hannah confirmed

Time & Money. They're always the deciding factors.

Why were you smiling like that?" "Smiling like what?" "Like the cat that got into the cream pot.

Being mature isn't what it's cracked up to be.

That cowboy's really full of himself. He thinks he's something and that means he's not.

Kids that age are very accepting. If we could just get them to keep that attitude, it might be a kinder world.

And even if cats were color-blind, a fact that she sometimes doubted, he was content with Hannah's appearance as long as she kept his food bowl full.

How nice," I murmured. Uh-oh. That hadn't been the

You're incorrigible.

Hannah's 3rd Note: If you've made pancakes from scratch before, you know that they're tastier if you "season" them by covering the mixing bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerating the batter overnight. This is why I always mix my batter the night before.

Some people said that Minnesota had two seasons: Shovel and Swat. Hannah knew that wasn't the case. The land of the frozen north had four seasons—Fishing Season, Duck Season, Deer Season, and Mud Season.

How many books does she have? I asked her that and she said she had enough to make two brawny movers weep.

She'd fallen asleep in her favorite summer sleep outfit, an extra-long, extra-large tank top in such an eye-popping shade of magenta that she hoped Moishe's vet, Dr. Hagaman, was right and cats truly were color-blind.