Quotes from Anna Smith

had read so many paper-backs she was having trouble working out what was real life and what was fiction.

could spill over to hysteria as the hours and minutes ticked towards the edition deadline. The news editors had phones glued to their ears,

Only do not forget, If I wake up crying it's because in my dreams I'm a lost child hunting through the leaves of the night for your hands. Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets, XXI

A son is a son till he takes a wife, a daughter is a daughter the rest of her life … But sometimes is not the case.

They'd jumped into one of the waiting taxis, and as it pulled out of the car park Nikki started crying. 'Right. Calm down, you.' Julie handed Nikki a tissue. 'It's alright. Nothing's going to happen.

Hard to hide a weapon after you've shot yourself in the head.

The dawn of the new millennium had been so exciting just twelve days ago, when Glasgow and the rest of the world hailed its arrival amid a spree of wild partying and hopes for a new beginning. Right now, all of that seemed a long time ago, as Nikki and Julie carefully trod over the slush and puddles, the freezing sleet slapping their faces.

successful city trader. Which in some ways he was, when you came to think of it. The markets went up, they went down, and if you were smart you could control whichever way they moved. Winner takes all. It didn't matter whether you were a trader shifting shares in oil, or a gangster moving cocaine or heroin. The stakes were as high for both, and those with the biggest balls never, ever lost.

anything is possible as long as your mother is there to hold your hand. Even a hand as fragile as her mum's, as long as she's telling you everything will be fine,

That for the rest of her life she'd long to hold that hand one more time, and no matter how many other hands she held, she would never find one as warm and soft.

I'm really more of a Border collie woman, to be honest,

There was no point in weeping for ever for things that you couldn't change, things you could not have. It had stood her in good stead all of her life

So many people carried such a lot of misery on their backs. You just didn't know what was going on in their lives. Half the time you were too busy to notice anyway.

Well, it's hard to say how I am these days, and that's the truth. I guess I'm still numb from my mother's death. I still can't quite believe I'll never see her again. That's the hardest part, suddenly thinking I'll have to tell her something later, and then I remember she's not there.

I didn't write. I just wandered about.' Martha Gelhorn, novelist and journalist

Fuck me! I love the sound of this. All that's missing is 007 and Miss Funnyfanny.' He got to his feet and picked up the schedule for the morning editorial conference from his desk. 'Prove all this, Gilmour. That should be easy for a woman like you.

Rosie settled down and read over the newspapers she'd missed while she was away.

Her eyes rested on the picture of Emir that Matt had taken at her flat

Ali's phone call to me three years ago changed my life and put me on the road to where I am now. For that I will always be grateful.

Rosie knew that she could promise no more than what she had, but she resolved there and then that if she did nothing else in her life, she would find out what had happened to that baby and where she was now.

started here. Helen walked back to her hotel slowly, enjoying the cool of the night and the beauty of Paris. The streets were busy, and even in the side street where she crossed to her hotel there were people in the pavement cafés. She toyed with the idea of having one for the road, but decided to call it a night. She had a flight to Grand

The Rosie Gilmour thrillers The Dead Won't Sleep To Tell the Truth Screams in the Dark Betrayed A Cold Killing Rough Cut Kill Me Twice

The old guy on the karaoke microphone was belting out the Sixties classic 'King of the Road'. 'Trailers for sale or rent, Rooms to let . . . fifty cents . . . I'm a man of means by no means . . . King of the road . . .

The stars shine only in darkness