Detective fiction Quote by Warren Ellis

“I stared down the slim barrel of a gun, looked into eyes rabid with fear and hatred, and saw my reflection. Pulled the trigger…

— Dennis Lehane

“His Grace woke up in the morning red-eyed as a ferret and in roughly the same temper as a rabid badger. Had I a…

— Diana Gabaldon

“I felt like I’d fallen into the rabbit hole, and warnings were firing off left and right. Something primal inside me recognized that I…

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“His gun was a .357 Magnum, great for whale hunting. It was overkill for anything on two legs. That was human. I felt very…

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Your balls + my gun, you rat bastard.”

— Dianne Sylvan

“She called me a rat.’ ‘Oh yes, I gathered you two were very close!”

— Lindsey Davis

“If I were to hold up a bank with my index finger and my thumb as the “gun,” then I hope I wouldn’t try…

— Jarod Kintz

“I'd felt the pop of the needle sliding into my veins, like a fang into flesh. I'd been enveloped in the golden haze where…

— Taylor Rhodes

“One of these days I'm gonna beat him in the face with the butt of my service revolver until an eyeball pops out. These…

— John Layman

“What I knew, beyond a doubt, was that if I continued to deny who I was, I'd end up with my service revolver in…

— Dani Alexander

“Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun.”

— Seamus Heaney

“Deer in headlights. Cornered suspect. Mouse in the open, owls circling.”

— Kathy Reichs