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walked slowly in the same direction. He looked about forty, very dark with a melancholy clean-shaven face. Some violent emotion
Agatha Christie • Agatha Christie: The Collection
He would coax the dog into the car undetected and, on some pretext or another, go out. Yet he hated to think of the way Betty would lower her eyes as she watched him dress, and then, later, just before he went out the door, ask him where, how long, etc, in a resigned voice that made him feel all the worse. He could never get used to the lying. Besi
... See moreRaymond Carver • Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (Vintage Classics)
Harvey and Rita Cooper, having recently been found in their basement shot to death. Rudy said that so far it was looking a lot like a murder-suicide, with the wife doing the honors, but that was NYPD’s problem.
Scott Frank • Shaker: A novel
And the kid smiled and pounded it out with the mayor, who stared back at him, a horrified look on his face, having realized a second too late who he was. The kid said, “Good to see you, cuz,” then turned and saw himself on the Jumbotron and waved to the crowd.
Scott Frank • Shaker: A novel
Darabont makes all of these men so unbearably evil that we will not rest until we see our hero defeat them.
Carson Reeves • Scriptshadow Secrets (500 Screenwriting Secrets Hidden Inside 50 Great Movies)
As his arms went around her, she slipped a soothing hand over the nape of his neck, coaxing him to relax. “You know I can’t let you murder people before dinner,” she murmured. “It throws the entire household off schedule.”
Lisa Kleypas • Marrying Winterborne
“Why did you bring Peter?” “Because he’s part of our family, no matter how much he reminds me of the weird squirrel from Ice Age.
Elsie Silver • Reckless
Gus Levy was a nice guy. He was also a regular fellow.
John Kennedy Toole • A Confederacy of Dunces
THEY made an odd picture, knocking on the door to 3A: Mitch, towering and tattooed; Victor in head-to-toe black—less like a thief and more like a Parisian, groomed and elegant—and Sydney, sandwiched between them, in blue leggings and a large red coat.