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141 " and car. Skye’s cell phone had been missing too. She wondered if there was some connection. "
― Gregg Olsen , Victim Six
142 " was Ted. He "
― Gregg Olsen , Fear Collector
143 " The feeling I got was when you’re so self-sufficient and self-important and you’re walking down the street... be careful that your imaginary wings don’t jostle the real angels that are the common people. "
― Gregg Olsen , Bitch on Wheels: The Sharon Nelson Double Murder Case
144 " I didn’t know that when I married her. I saw her as she showed herself to the world: fun, smart, sexy. Funny how those things are often a smoke screen from one’s true self. It’s easy to act all those things. Up for adventure. Head nods at complex scenarios when she’s not really listening. Ready for bedroom play even when there is no bedroom. In the beginning, Sophie was all those things. I didn’t know they were a construct. I thought they were key parts of who she was. "
― Gregg Olsen , Lying Next to Me
145 " Shutting up and just blinking at them is like giving them an information Heimlich,” he’d said. “Be patient, and they’ll cough it up all over you.” Sure enough, Dina hacked it up. "
― Gregg Olsen , The Hive
146 " Some small towns are built on bloody earth and betrayal. "
― Gregg Olsen , If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood
147 " I want to like Helen Flynn, but there might not be anything there to actually like. "
― Gregg Olsen
148 " she’s very connected to her sisters. Adversity and courage have forged a strong, impenetrable bond between them. "
149 " Lara and Les came to know something that few understood in the late sixties and seventies: no one can help a troubled person who doesn’t think they need it. "
150 " Her butt was all bloody. "
151 " Facebook’?” he asks. “Seriously? Now we’re using that piece of self-absorbed crap as an investigative tool? What’s wrong with your generation?” “Nothing that we can’t fix once your generation is gone. "
152 " Aubrey with them Monday night. "
153 " You can’t change what a person knows, even if it is wrong,” the nurse had said. "
― Gregg Olsen , Closer Than Blood
154 " comes, "
― Gregg Olsen , The Sound of Rain (Nicole Foster Thriller, #1)
155 " During the trip they put up for hours at a time with Josh, his pet bird, his berating Susan, his ignoring one-year-old Charlie, his lateness, his disrespect, and his completely annoying cheapness. "
― Gregg Olsen , If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children
156 " Kathy’s death, and what he’d done to get rid of her body, was an anvil pitched on Dave’s shoulders. He knew he could never erase what he’d done. He thought of how Kathy’s family would always wonder where she’d gone, and if she was happy. "
157 " Johnson. I’m not concerned with his lying. I’m wondering if he messed with the DNA. Was he having an affair with Margie? Who better to mess the case up than the detective working it? He had access to all the evidence, records, and reports, and he knew who was interested and if the case had any chance of being solved. He’d tried to dissuade me from the get-go. He said the symbol found at the scenes meant nothing. And why was he with the sheriff this morning? He and Tony hadn’t talked for years. Didn’t even like each other. Was he there gathering intel? Plus he offered to come with me this morning. Was it to make sure I didn’t find Missy? And he claimed Margie hadn’t worked at the bar for many years and said she worked the streets as a hooker. Missy Johnson said Margie worked the bar right up to her death. She didn’t know anything about Margie being a prostitute. I feel slightly queasy, and it has nothing to do with lunch at Wendy’s. If Larry turns out to be the killer, how will I tell the "
― Gregg Olsen , Water's Edge (Detective Megan Carpenter, #2)
158 " That morning stays in my head like a graphic novel, images telling the story in bold swaths of black and white with smudges of jolting color roaring out of the lines. "
159 " We became friends over detective fiction. She’s a true friend. "
― Gregg Olsen , The Weight of Silence (Nicole Foster Thriller, #2)
160 " For someone who always had so much to hide, Shelly had become an expert at keeping things out of view. It was a skill that would help her keep the darkest secrets from her family. "