I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative..

He squinted at me. "What are you wearing? Is that some new form of birth control?.

When people ask what you do, tell them you're a writer. Put yourself on the line. Make a commitment..

Babe,' Ranger said. 'Do something with her.' And he disconnected. I called Ranger back. 'No,' I said. 'And I need information on Jelly Kantner. His a….

'It's been almost a month since you found a body. I knew you were due.'.

Men!" I said. "You all a bunch of chauvinist morons" Stephanie Plum - Ten Big Ones.

Its always nice to have a stud muffin at the table..

I disconnected and made a mental note not to call Tank unless I was bleeding profusely, and he was the only other person on earth..

Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head." Eddie DeChooch.

You can run, but you can't hide, Cupcake." Morelli said. "I'll find you." "You are such a cop." "Tell me about it..

Well, sure, but I don't bring God into it. I think shower massage might have been invented by the devil. God invented the missionary position..

Have you eaten?' I asked Diesel. When?' Recently.' No..

You owe me!" -Stephanie "Why do I owe you?" -Joe "I caught your no good cousin." -Stephanie "Yeah and in the process you burned down a funeral home, ….

Suppose something goes wrong? Suppose you need a big full-figure woman like me to help straighten things out?" Lula.

Almost everybody I know has died,” Grandma said. “Bunch of wimps..

Some people learn from books, some listen to the advice of others, some learn from mistakes. I fit into the last category. So sue me..

Men are like shoes. Some fit better than others. And sometimes you go out shopping and there's nothing you like. And then, as luck would have it, the….

I went to the door, and Gary tried hard not to notice I was blue. He looked at his feet, and he looked above my head, and he cleared his throat. It's….

Ranger clicked his penlight on. "Hang onto me if you can't see." I curled my hand into the back of his cargo pants just above his gun belt. "I'm good….

I rolled my eyes so far into the top of my head I almost fell over backward..

He [Ranger] peeled my [Stephanie] clothes off and wrangled me into bed. And then suddenly he was inside me. He once told me that time spent with him ….