“Its a small-town rule: Never speak ill of the dead until the estate has paid the outstanding bills.”

“A girl had to do what a girl had to do and it looked as if this girls immediate future included chicken Caesar salad, chocolate cake, and Cary Grant.”

“She was halfway through the revolving door when the thought hit her; she was the one who had seen Junior and Luther fighting before the banquet. She was the one had told Detective Sullivan. Overcom...”

“Murder was apparently too common-place in the big city to attract much notice. Poor Luther, thought Lucy, as she headed back to the hotel. Even in death he was only a big fish in a small pond.”

“Lucy had no complaints about her dinner. Anything was fine with her as long as she didnt have to cook it.”

“If looks could kill, she’d be a dead woman.”

“Maryanne Burkhard and I have set up a B W Wrighthard profile on Goodreads. If any of you would like to friend us there, we would really appreciate it. And if you're feeling really generous and woul...”

“Good gravy on biscuits, girlfriend, you are in the middle of more messes than a platter of scrambled eggs. What's going on? Are the planets aligned funny? Or is that unaligned? Shoot, I have no ide...”

“My name is Jane Delaney and I do things my paying customers cant do, dont want to do, dont want to be seen doing, cant bring themselves to do, and/or dont want it to be known theyd paid someone to ...”

“Theres no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.”

“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled enemy?”

“He had also learned that there is no use murdering people; there are always so many left, and if you tried to murder them all you would never get anything else done.”