Sally Goldenbaum > Quotes

“Why would anyone look further?” “There’s truth to that. You’re right. But Julianne may be telling her daughter she is innocent as one last attempt to look good in her eyes. How do we know for sure she didn’t kill Sophia? She’d been drinking that night. She hated her brother’s wife. I think we need more than instinct and Julianne’s word to write her off completely.” “Maybe,” Nell said, her voice lacking conviction. “But we also need to look into all the others who could have done it. I think if we look into everyone who was at the club that night, who would have had a chance to tinker with Sophia’s car, who had a motive for killing her, we might be able to shed some light on it.” “You don’t think that’s someone else’s job?” “Whose, Ben?” Nell rolled her head on the chaise pillow and looked at her husband’s profile. “Who would do it? Not the police. Not now that Julianne is practically confessing.” Ben was silent. He drank his Scotch”
― Sally Goldenbaum, Moon Spinners

“rimless glasses”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“Saudade.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, Murder at Lambswool Farm

“bottled water.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“fantastico buffalo”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“Bottles and food wrappings bobbing in the tide”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“in Portland.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“She usually loved snowy days. Especially during this more leisurely time in her life when events and appointments were seldom urgent.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Dark and Snowy Night

“Tess Bean had sent him flailing into the freezing cold water.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“to change bad habits, like using plastic. They’ve already banned single-use plastic bags”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“And the guy broke an arm. Penny Turner is one strong”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“Knitting helps get both sides of the brain going, has a calming effect, and helps students in problem solving.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Finely Knit Murder

“Ben Endicott still lit fires in Nell- and the fires warmed her to the bone.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, Death By Cashmere

“he laughed loudly, tossed his beer can and cigarette into the compost bin,”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“There was a time to be alone, but a time when a close friend filled that space so much better.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, Angora Alibi

“the young’uns”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“Bobby Abbott seemed to have lost attention after the first sentence.”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle

“tree-hugging babe,” he said. “Bean-babe. Geesh, trees? Plastic?”
― Sally Goldenbaum, A Murderous Tangle