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1 " Then he stared down at the twinkling lights and sobbed, "All my stars fell out of the sky. "
― Belinda Bauer , The Beautiful Dead
2 " Nothing sold like murder, and death was how she paid the mortgage. "
3 " Death wants his Maiden "
4 " So real she might cry. "
5 " She called Joe’s mobile three times, and it went to voicemail each time. She finally left a message, but he didn’t call her back. "
6 " crushingly alone. Alone at work, and alone at home. "
7 " EVE DIDN’T SLEEP that night. Not even fitfully. It was shocking how long an hour could be, when your only companion was a young girl pin-wheeling into the path of a train, over and over like "
8 " She turned and almost bumped into Elvis Presley. He was 9 feet tall, and silver and black. All quiff and narrow hips, angled for danger and sex. No hint of the drugs or the fried peanut-butter-and banana sandwiches to come. Only his youth and beauty were captured here on this canvas, and standing in front of the painting made her feel somehow connected to Elvis. "
9 " She was standing where the artist had stood. Vincent Van Gogh had stood right here and watched these creamy-pink clouds roll in, watched these cypresses sway in the breeze, travelled every muddy inch of these furrows - first with his boots and then with his brush. And then he had reached out and touched the sky. "
10 " Ho, ho, ho. Merry Christmas, Nobody! "
11 " To catch a killer, one must think like a killer "
12 " was angry, but he was also hurt. "
13 " Nobody dies who leaves beauty behind. "