Quotes About Mystery

I'd spent a night with Ranger a while ago, and I knew what happened when he was encouraged. Ranger knew how to make a woman want him. Ranger was magic.

That was close,he said, helping himself to coffee. Yeah, you almost opened the door to Morelli. I wasn't talking about Morelli. I was talking about us. That too, I said. Ranger sliced a bagel and looked for the toaster. It's broken,I told him. He truned the boiler on and slid the bagel into the oven. That's surprisingly domestic for a man of mystery, I said to him. He looked at me over the rim of his coffee mug. I like things hot.

Joe I said. It's Stephanie. Does this involve death? Not yet. Does this involve sex? Not yet. I can't imagine why else you'd be calling me.

Are you telling me you think Ranger's a superhero?' Think about it. We don't know where he lives. We don't know anything about him.' Superheroes are make-believe.' Oh yeah?' Lula said. 'What about God?

Oh good. I love being bait for a homicidal mutilator. Stephanie Plum

It was Lorraine in her nightie and Mo in his cap. They'd just settled their brains for a long winter's nap in front of the television. When out in the lot there arose such a clatter, they sprang from their recliners to see what was the matter. Away to the window they flew like a flash, tore open the blinds and threw up the sash. And what to their wondering eyes should appear, but Stephanie Plum and yet another of her cars burning front to rear.

There's a small possibility that I might be a murder suspect Stephanie

I almost never shoot people.

Ranger Smiled. 'You want me to be Superman? Spend the night with me.

We don't usually write up accidents involving rabbits. - Joe Morelli

My father hired you to protect me, Ahmed said, not to go off chasing men. Grandma leaned forward, keeping her eye on the Taurus. We think this guy killed Fred. Who's Fred? My uncle, I told him. He's married to Mabel. Ah so you're avenging a murder in the family. This is a good thing.

Ranger plays by his own set of rules, and I don't have a complete copy.

You should see me work my magic in leather Ranger

Bob had a dog buscuit stuck to his head. How does he always get food stuck to him? I asked Morelli. I don't know, Morelli said. It's a Bob mystery. I think stuff falls out of his mouth and he rolls in it. I'm not sure. -Morelli And Stephanie

THE NOTE said the first clue was in the big one. I looked at the jumble of letters that followed, and I saw no pattern. Not such a surprise, since I was missing the puzzle chromosome and couldn't do puzzles designed for nine-year-olds.

Stephanie Plum, psycho bait.

Diesel is back, Ranger said. Yes. How did you know? I woke uo with a migraine this morning, Ranger said.

The note wasn't signed, but I could tell it was from Morelli by the way my nipples got hard.

Kiss those cuffs good-bye. Lula from Hard Eight By Janet Evonavich

It has been my experience that the only normal people are those you don't know very well.

Ranger stood and stretched, his black T-shirt rode up, and I caught a glimpse of two inches of brown skin and hard abs and almost had an orgasm. "Babe," he said. "Are you okay?" "Yep. Why?" "You sort of moaned." "Gas." "Understandable." We took the elevator to the lobby and looked in at the bar. Filled with men speaking Russian.

I smell vampire -Lula You're a Nut -Stephine Well I smell something. -Lula Mold. -Stephine Yeah. I smell moldy vampire -Lula

I was standing with my back to the door, and I saw Connie's eyes go wide. "Be still my heart," Lula said, looking past me, through the window to the sidewalk. I figured they were looking at either Johnny Depp or Ranger. My money was on Ranger.

Ranger shrugged. "Things turn up." He reached behind him and came up with a gun. My gun. "Found this in the lobby, too." He tucked the gun under the top edge of my towel, wedging it between my breasts, his knuckles brushing against me. My breath caught in my throat, and for a moment I thought my towel might catch fire. Ranger smiled again. And I did more eye narrowing. "I'll be in touch," Ranger said. And then he was gone.