Quote by Richard Russo

“He grasped a bag of zip ties from the shelf.”

— Elisabeth Naughton

“I looked down at my hands. They were folded neatly together on the table like they belonged to someone else, as if someone had…

— R.J. Ellory

“The door was easy enough to open from the inside, even if he did have to unlock several deadbolts and slip three chains free…

— Felicity Heaton

“With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight. He scanned the room…

— Karen Witemeyer

“Sighing, she slipped into her room and bolted the door. After a moment, she shoved the ancient chest of drawers in front of it,…

— Sarah J. Maas

“that he was behaving strangely.  Perhaps he’d lost something, his wallet, maybe, and was checking to see if he’d left it in his vehicle. …

— Brian Harmon

“Every time I thought the bag must be empty, he brought yet another item out. It was like he'd hijacked Mary Poppins's luggage on…

— Abigail Barnette

“Across the room, I noticed that the closet hadn't stayed shut. The latch must not have caught, even though I'd leaned against the door.…

— Marianna Baer

“My common sense had already packed a bag, prepared to abandon me for the evening.”

— Ann Aguirre

“I had no lock that could be picked. If anything, I was the landscape behind the door, and even on that day in the…

— Adam McOmber

“till suddenly his hand met what felt like a tiny ring of cold metal lying on the floor of the tunnel. It was a…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“In fact, the idea of being locked in a small room seemed kind of comforting. Almost womblike in a strange way.”

— Christa Faust