Jon Lee Grafton QUOTES

1 " ...tried to scream, but the animal’s paw was crushing his shoulder. He slammed his shotgun into the dog’s head, hoping to break its jaw, but it felt like hitting a tree with a tennis racket. Before he could think, the black beast ripped his shotgun from his hands and bit the weapon in half. Tramm thought he must be hallucinating. The pain in his chest! He could hear his ribs start to crack, one after the other, pop… snap… pop… impossible pressure! He looked over at Jenks as the first dog removed his partner’s head with two ravenous bites, rivers of blood slavering between its silver teeth. Were the dogs’ eyes red now?
Phillip Tramm gasped his final breath as he looked down at his own body. The monster pinning him to the ground had pushed its paw through his shoulder. The dog was studying him, pointed canines hovering centimeters from his face like black blades. He could see the moonlight poking through the canopy of leaves above. The teeth came closer, closer, slow and merciless. The animal had no breath? How strange.
Somewhere in the distance, an owl cried out. The haunted sound echoed through the trees, and then the moonlight was gone for good. "

― Jon Lee Grafton , The 18th Shadow Boxset (The 18th Shadow #1-3)

3 " Your parents farm outstanding median strength marijuana and raised you to respect the right of individual privacy; a political philosophy endemic to the classical Traditionalist mindset and a cornerstone value of the New Episcopal Church of Practical Agnosticism in which you were raised. "

― Jon Lee Grafton , Dawn of the Courtezan (The 18th Shadow #1)

5 " Tara! You’re barefoot and half-soaked! "

― Jon Lee Grafton , Voices in the Stream (The 18th Shadow #2)