Quotes from Betty Webb

To do what you believe in, that is the course of action all honest men and women should follow, even to the death. But to spread such lies only for money, that is unforgivable.

The gene pool ran pretty small on the Arizona Strip.

had originally been an Apache Indian hunting grounds, but in the mid-eighteen hundreds, the Apaches were edged out by prospectors mining for gold in the nearby Superstition Mountains.

Stupid. Love. Two different words for the same damned thing.

I didn't like it when men presumed to answer for their women; as a detective, I liked it even less.

They all claimed to be religious men, but what kind of religion forces polygamous "marriages" on girls still playing with Barbie dolls?

Recreational Explosives and How to Build Them.

Hate is big business in America these days, and domestic terrorism has become downright chic in some quarters. If al-Qaeda doesn't destroy us, our own fanatics will.

A woman can only go so far on strength alone; at some point, she needed tenderness.

A man with a knife making threats." "Ooooh. Big bad man with big bad knife." Stan Jessup, two ex-wives, six kids, short temper.

Drown, your heart stops. Take a bullet to the brain, your heart stops. Get the holy living hell beat out of you while you sit duct-taped to your wheelchair, your heart stops.

I was admiring the view from my second story window when the screaming started.

At least Harry realized that some of the worst murderers were the biggest criers at their victims' funerals.