“Russ decided the best defense was a good offense. "I'm Russell Van Alstyne, Millers Kill chief of police." He held out his hand. She shook firm, like a guy. "Clare Fergusson," she said. "I'm the new priest at Saint Alban's.… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“The only other person attending who was close to her age was Father St. Laurent, a devastatingly good-looking Roman Catholic priest who made the RC's vows of celibacy seem like a crime against the human gene pool.” — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“She was pretty, yeah, but pretty like hundreds of other girls. You," he dabbed the bread in the air as if sketching her, "you're...memorable.… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
He stomped away like a pint-sized Godzilla looking for Tokyo. — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
Antiques to Die For sets the gold standard for the classic contemporary cozy. Agatha-finalist Jane K. Cleland's writing is top-notch; her plotting and pace… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“Russ decided the best defense was a good offense. "I'm Russell Van Alstyne, Millers Kill chief of police." He held out his hand. She… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“And as for people shunning us because of our known association with homosexuals”—here she wiggled her eyebrows, because she sounded ridiculously like Joseph McCarthy—“I… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“I believe that God hears our prayers, and cherishes them. I believe He answers by sending us His spirit, giving us strenght, and peace,… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“So I can be the girl from Titanic who stays high and dry while you, the guy, vanish beneath the icy waves? I don’t… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
It never ceases to amaze me how many folks jump right over "I'll try" to "I can't. — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“Maybe they were back to not talking. That's what she missed the most: talking. Serious, silly, bone-deep, flippant, all their words and thoughts like… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“Karen sighed. "I know. I could never fall for the easy guys either." She looked at Clare. "It's always the difficult ones that get… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
If Carl Hiaasen and Donald Westlake had a literary love child, he would be Timothy Hallinan. — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
You know it’s a bad sign when the theme song from Titanic describes your relationship. — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“The only other person attending who was close to her age was Father St. Laurent, a devastatingly good-looking Roman Catholic priest who made the… — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
“She wondered what it said about her spiritual fitness that her clearest messages from the Almighty seemed to come from the alternative rock station.” — Julia Spencer-Fleming Copy Share Image
