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He frowned as he struggled to remember. It was like watching an elephant crochet.
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Val McDermid |
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f57626c
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That was the trouble with moving houses; no matter how carefully you packed the books, they never ended up on the new shelves in quite the right place.
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Val McDermid |
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603ee88
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The hardest thing about being a grown up is realizing there are no magic formulas to release the ones we love from pain. Maybe that's why I enjoy computer games so much; you get to be God.
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Val McDermid |
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f195cd2
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Sometimes, the only things that make you feel good are the same ones that worked when you were five. Yes, I slammed the door
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Val McDermid |
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051e391
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When all else fails, go for the ego.
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Val McDermid |
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da90793
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You know it's a bad case when the only way you can catch up on your sleep is to get unconscious.
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Val McDermid |
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4f792f6
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I don't like fighting,' he said. 'It makes me hurt inside. Like I'm a kid again. In the cupboard, in the dark. If the grown-ups are fighting, it must be my fault. That's why I don't do rows.' He blinked hard, to keep the tears at bay. She was the only person in the world who could make him feel so exposed. It din't always feel like a good thing. 'Carol, I'm going home tomorrow. I can't manage without you. Not in any sense. So can we stop th..
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Val McDermid |
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10a6ea0
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It's only hunting you that keeps me from being you.
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Val McDermid |
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46cba82
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It was a lot easier to be optimistic about equality when you didn't have to confront the Neanderthals on a daily basis. When you could imagine that people were actually changing their minds because they'd stopped groping secretaries at the photocopier.
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Val McDermid |
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455cbc8
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I failed her. And she's out of my life. I don't even know where she's living. What she's doing to get through the days. And I miss her. Every single day, I miss her.
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Val McDermid |
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c8f3a37
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It forced me to realise that I'd been blaming you for not being flawless. And none of us is flawless.' Another sigh. 'I was so angry with myself for what happened to Michael and Lucy that I had to turn my anger somewhere else and you were the easiest target.
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Val McDermid |
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41386e1
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You know, I've often wondered. It's pretty clear what they were up to in Sodom, but what do you suppose the sin of Gomorrah was?' Carol asked.
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Val McDermid |
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b727c86
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If I didn't like her so much, I'd hate her.
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Val McDermid |
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2775258
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Everybody's got the right to go to hell in the handcart of their choice.
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Val McDermid |
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cbc2c50
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We make high demands on the people we expect to deliver justice, and we don't always appreciate how much it eats away at them.
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Val McDermid |
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I was just finishing up my drink then I was off to get the night bus.' Carol grinned. 'Your sophistication never ceases to amaze me. What's wrong with a taxi?' 'You get a better class of nutter on the night bus. I blend in perfectly
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tony-hill
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094be9e
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Around five-eight, slim, good shoulders, narrow hips, legs and trunk in proportion, short dark hair, side parting, dark eyes, probably blue, shadows under the eyes, fair skin, average nose, wide mouth, lower lip fuller than upper.
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Val McDermid |
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No. It's no the same. The interviewers want you to say what they want to hear. I want to hear what you have to say.
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Val McDermid |
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She watched his pale, square hands on the map, the short almost stubby fingers, with their neatly trimmed nails and a sparse scattering of fine black hairs on the bottom section of each finger. Appalled, she felt a stirring of desire. You're pathetic as an adolescent, she savagely chided herself. Like a teenager who fancies the first teacher who says anything nice about your work. Grow up, Jordan!
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Val McDermid |
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He looked so vulnerable and fallible, his shoulders slumped, his head down, that Carol's impulses overrode the decision she'd taken only minutes before to play it cool. She stepped forward and pulled Tony into a tight hug. 'If anyone can do it, you can,' she whispered against his chin like a cat marking its territory.
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tony-hill
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b593a80
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You are Tadeusz Radecki? I am in the right place?' 'I know who I am. What I want to know is who you are.
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tadeusz-radecki
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Val McDermid |
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We see some of the worst things that mankind can do to each other and I still get shocked by some of the things that occur. Most people can go home and talk to their families about what they've done at work. We can't. But even if I could, I don't want my family to know some of the things that I've seen.
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Val McDermid |
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37b3bba
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It's a piece of cake, being a lawyer or a doctor or a computer systems analyst or an accountant. Libraries are full of books telling you how to do it. The only textbooks for private eyes are on fiction shelves, and I don't remember ever reading one that told me how to interrogate an eight-year old without feeling like I was auditioning for the Gestapo.
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Val McDermid |
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384db5f
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I'm not into little boys till they're old enough to have their own credit card.
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Val McDermid |
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8ff14fd
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It was a source of constant disappointment to Catherine Morland that her life did not more closely resemble her books. Or rather, that the books in which she found its likeness were so unexciting.
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Val McDermid |
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No two bodies will decompose in the same way, and at the same rate. You can have two bodies that are literally six feet apart and they will decompose in entirely different manners. It could be the amount of fat on the body. It could be the drugs they were taking, or the medication. It could be the type of clothing they're wearing. It could be that one has a particular odour that is more attractive to flies than the other. Absolutely anythin..
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Val McDermid |
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67778af
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We all make mistakes, Carol. Sometimes they're more expensive than others. But I don't deserve to lose you,' he said, spreading his hands in appeal.
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Val McDermid |
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You take the lead. He'll open up more easily to a copper than a mumbo jumbo man
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Val McDermid |
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d35126e
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You've always been handy with a knife, Mother
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Val McDermid |
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c9d6f38
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I know that. I do watch Spooks.' Carol was surprised. 'You do? I don't.' 'You should. They do.
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tony-hill
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Val McDermid |
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You always remember the first time. Isn't that what they say about sex? How much more true it is of murder.
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Val McDermid |
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d05e475
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To move forward, you have to accept the truth of a situation. Not persist in myth-making.
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Val McDermid |
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641b590
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If you want to last more than five minutes as a private investigator, you've got to have the instincts of a chameleon. Gumshoes that stand out in the crowd are as much use to the client as a chocolate chip pan.
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Val McDermid |
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e5863a4
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She'd cook like an angel and fuck like a whore
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Val McDermid |
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020c944
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You can't prove a negative. I can't prove there are no such thing as vampires any more than you can prove you're not a lesbian.
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Val McDermid |
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They both possessed a victimhood that had been conferred because they'd both been guilty of being female in a world where some men believed they deserved never to feel powerless.
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Val McDermid |
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ede881d
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The discipline is based on one grisly fact: a corpse makes a good lunch.
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Val McDermid |
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5864099
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I told her you were probably here'. 'Thanks,' Tony said. 'Did I mention she thinks her brother's murder is my fault?
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Val McDermid |
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Attractive smile, Carol added to her list of particulars as she shook the hand.
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Val McDermid |
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What do you think, boy? is he just another lying bastard, or what?' 'Prrrt,' the cat said on a rising intonation, his eyes closed to slits. 'I thought you'd say that. I agree, I know how to pick them,
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nelson
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Val McDermid |
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He knew he could devastate her and drive her from him with a handful of well-chosen sentences. And part of him wanted to do just that. Part of him wanted to banish her and her presumptions from his life. He'd travel further and faster and lighter without her. Then an appalling thought battled through his anger. .
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Val McDermid |
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The nurse looked surprised. 'You're a bit high on the totem pole to be taking statements.' Carol debated momentarily how to describe her relationship with Tony. 'Colleague' was insufficient, 'landlord' somehow misleading and 'friend' both more and less than the truth. She shrugged. 'He feeds my cat.
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Val McDermid |
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1a7a5e9
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Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind'.
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Val McDermid |
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1f35db5
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Patsy McDonald had the artificial brightness and dead eyes that go hand in hand with prescription antidepressants. They
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Val McDermid |