Quotes About Mystery

What's he a mix of—fox with fox?

The stranger has gone to the back of the vehicle. "He's trying the liftgate," Libby says.

What're you—Jane Hawk?

He checks his iPhone and discovers one text message. As always, it is from Ace of Diamonds

wicker, and it bestrode

or some federal black-op outfit with no name, that is more problematic.

So perhaps it wasn't my name, but a cryptic message meaning "accelerate five times

Treat the study as if we're in a Daphne du Maurier novel, as if this house is an alternate-universe version of Manderley, and I am keeping either the murdered and mummified corpse of Rebecca or Mrs. Danvers—or both!—behind that locked door, to spare myself from a long prison sentence.

His name isn't Hurkos. He doesn't remember his name.

he has no fingerprints.

He doesn't wear gloves and won't bother to wipe down any surfaces prior to leaving, for he has no fingerprints. They were removed with the application of a series of lightly applied acids and CO2 laser treatments

house was of

Carson Conroy's

a magic egg swaddled in a nest, waiting for its mystery to hatch, and the night grew yet darker.

In a nightstand drawer are a car key labeled with a license plate number

Sheriff Hayden Eckman

Like his more engaging story, mine suggests that the world is a more mysterious place than it seems to be most of the time

subatomic particles aren't fixed.

Most likely, she's witnessing not an escape, but a penetration.

Quinn Quicksilver

Fear of the unknown is the most purely distilled and potent terror.

her jet-black hair and dark eyes and exquisite arrangement of features

My plan was to drive to Peptoe, Arizona, and track down the three men who found me in a bassinet

Now Michael J. watches her from high on the sycamore.