Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7) QUOTES

2 " It wasn’t just his secret, though. It could end Tom’s career, even send him to prison. And Philippa Stanley, who knew exactly what Tom had done, could suffer a similar fate. Worse still, it could result in an evil bastard, who was currently rotting in jail, getting the revenge he so badly sought. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)

4 " Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)

6 " want to ask her more questions, but she is like a deer – slender, beautiful, with those great big eyes that seem frightened into flight by the slightest movement. So I wait. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)

8 " Idon’t know myself any more. My life is unrecognisable – severed into two distinct periods: before – when I could feel the wind on my skin, watch the sky turn from blue to black, hear the birds singing in the morning, smell the earth, damp with rain; and after – the life I am in now, where I cannot tell if it is night or day and the only sound I hear is the slap, slap of bare feet on a linoleum floor. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)

10 " They can say anything they like, and with no friends or colleagues in common to tell you anything different, you believe every word. At least, I did. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)

12 " cyanosis in her face. I know it’s not a sure thing, but that would normally indicate hypoxia. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)

14 " Anger has always reduced me to tears in the past, but not today. I don’t for a single moment feel like crying. I am beyond frustration; I am a boiling cauldron of rage. "

― Rachel Abbott , Come A Little Closer (DCI Tom Douglas, #7)