Carter Brown > Quotes

“I did a double take. “I was there,” I said. “No shot, no knife, no nothing. What killed him? There wasn’t even Nelson Eddy on television.”
― Carter Brown, The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly: Al Wheeler #1

“Any man who calls my car a heap might as well call my wife a bitch-if I had one.”
― Carter Brown, Murder in the Family Way

“looked at him—it was his pitch now.”
― Carter Brown, The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly: Al Wheeler #1

“Mona was sitting in an armchair, chuckling at ‘Monotonous.’ A few laughs are always good for a girl—it reassures them. I poured the drinks, gave her hers and me mine. We drank. The Kitt”
― Carter Brown, The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly: Al Wheeler #1

“What are you doing—checking up on her?” “That’s right,” I said. “Her radio license is overdue.” Then I hung up.”
― Carter Brown, The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly: Al Wheeler #1

“Why not here, out on the terrace? I’ll have Cedric bring out some chairs.” “Cedric?” “The butler.” “Oh,” I said. She disappeared”
― Carter Brown, The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly: Al Wheeler #1

“His housekeeper and his goon didn’t say anything. They just looked at me.”
― Carter Brown, The Wench is Wicked / Blonde Verdict / Delilah Was Deadly: Al Wheeler #1