“Jack Coffey shrugged, and this was akin to waving a white flag of surrender. Sometimes losing was a good idea. Failure could be so restful. His tension headache was gone even before his two detectives had been dispatched uptown to… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Today, in jeans and a sweatshirt, she was dressed in solid gray right down to her boots, and he wondered if this was Loman's… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Toothbrushes kept company with cellophane-packaged voodoo dolls and all the other little things that tourists might have forgotten to bring with them. Charles” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“And so he suspected the mayor of easing the budget crunch for sheltering the poor by giving them one-way bus tickets to warmer climates.… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“You know it’s a dysfunctional family,” said Riker, “when the one you like the best is a mass murderer.” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“He could hear noises of a pet inside the apartment, one too small to bark like a real dog.” — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Jack Coffey shrugged, and this was akin to waving a white flag of surrender. Sometimes losing was a good idea. Failure could be so… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“When strangers on a train or a plane ask what I do for a living, I say, "I kill people." This response makes for… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“When she got off at 117th Street, the subway’s morning ammonia smell was beginning to accumulate more legitimate odors of authentic urine as she… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“On the way home from school, we stop off for a slice of pizza -- Phoebe's treat. She says there's an upside to what… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“Unable to reach back to her book bag, she was reduced to reading the advertising cards above the heads of other passengers. One sign… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
“After my first book was published, I received an envelope full of religious material from a fan who wanted to save my soul. That’s… — Carol O'Connell Copy Share Image
