Helen Phifer > Quotes

“It was once a house of God, but not after that terrible night. It changed; they let that woman in and it changed their lives for ever.”
― Helen Phifer, The Good Sisters

“Real magic is the feeling deep inside of you when you realise that your veins are filled with moonlight and stardust. It’s an instinct, a calling, when you can sit outside and hear the insects and birds chattering to you, when you notice the rainbows and the shooting stars, the moon’s glorious phases, the changes in the weather, the trees whispering as you walk on by. Magic is all around us, yet few people choose to acknowledge it.”
― Helen Phifer, The Vanishing Bookstore

“Life was supposed to be a wonderful thing, but sometimes life was not as good as you imagined.”
― Helen Phifer, The Vanishing Bookstore

“She had a seven-year-old son who liked to play out in the front garden and she felt sick at the thought of someone taking him away.”
― Helen Phifer, The Hiding Place

“Wendy was shining her torch on the body. ‘Her chest is moving?’ ‘Yeah, lots of maggots under that top.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“She’d rather starve or as Ben would say, shit in her hands and clap.”
― Helen Phifer, Find the Girl

“He lifted a finger and jabbed it into Jasmine’s arm. ‘She’s bloody stiffer than Smithy here after his daily dose of Viagra.”
― Helen Phifer, Hold Your Breath

“About Damn Time” by Lizzo, yes, she’s brilliant. I love that song; I love all her songs.’ Maggie nodded. ‘Me too, she’s like a breath of fresh air and I think we should all be more Lizzo.”
― Helen Phifer, Their Burning Graves

“Humans seemed to be good at blaming themselves whenever things went wrong, even if it had nothing to do with them”
― Helen Phifer, The Killer's Girl

“What were you expecting, the shack from Friday the 13th at Camp Crystal Lake? A few animal skins hanging from the ceiling, the missing camper chained to the wall?”
― Helen Phifer, Find the Girl

“No, everything is not okay. How could”
― Helen Phifer, Last Light

“crucifix”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“Or he’s just crazy as a box of frogs.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“Vanessa pulled a face that resembled the expression someone would make if they’d stepped in a pile of steaming vomit.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“Morgan’s heart felt heavy; this was terrible. Any sudden death was awful, but for this boy to be the one to find this woman was so unfair. ‘Harrison you’ve been very brave. Can you tell”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“down”
― Helen Phifer, The Ghost House

“Beatrix was a bookworm like her. At least she’d have the luxury of stealing herself away from the horror of her life into someone else’s when it all got too much for her.”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“Neither of them spoke much on the way back to the station, and Morgan was desperate to change out of her soiled uniform. As if reading her mind, Ben parked up, saying, ‘You can go get changed, shower then come up to the office.’ ‘I’d better go and speak to my sergeant, tell him where I’m going. They might be short on patrol if I come up now.’ ‘You sort yourself out, and I’ll speak to Mads. He won’t mind; the DCI requested we ask you as soon as possible.’ That wasn’t strictly true, he knew. He’d requested Ben find someone ASAP. He hadn’t specifically requested Morgan, but she didn’t need to know that. She went in the direction of the women’s locker room, and he headed to the patrol sergeant’s office. Knocking on the door, he walked in without waiting to be asked. ‘Mads.’ ‘Ben, how’s it going? Is Morgan with you, is she coping okay? It’s a bit much for your first independent patrols.’ ‘She’s fine; at least she seems it. Look, I need some help. We’re desperately short-staffed and Tom said to find someone today. I’ve asked her and she’s happy to come up and do a three-month attachment. It will be a massive help.’ ‘What? It’s her second day. Don’t you want someone slightly more experienced and who’s willing to take on the extra caseload? Dan has been wanting to come up for months. He’d be more than happy to.’ Ben shut the door and lowered his voice. ‘Dan’s difficult; I can’t work with him. Not at the moment. This is the biggest murder case I’ve ever worked on, and I need to be focused. I can’t afford to spend all day wasting my effort trying to keep him in line. Morgan’s keen and has been on the case from the moment it was called in. I think she’ll be okay.’ ‘I think she won’t, she’s inexperienced.’ ‘Yes, but she’s confident and I have faith in her. Don’t forget, you owe me one.”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“What are you doing with that brush, Morgan? Are you going to sweep him to death if he appears?”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls

“It was indeed a hand, one she hoped wasn’t going to come to life and skitter across the floor on its fingertips like Thing in The Addams Family.”
― Helen Phifer, Their Burning Graves

“I’m twenty-six, Matthew, I’ve worked several high profile murder investigations and each time with a positive result. I don’t give in easily, even if it means putting my life on the line, which is exactly what I intend to do to find Milly.”
― Helen Phifer, Silent Angel

“who”
― Helen Phifer, Hold Your Breath

“family which upset me. I thought they’d split up and it wouldn’t have been so bad if they had, then I saw her the day after in town with her husband, her arm linked through his. He looked so happy and it made me feel sick. Simone told me to forget about it, not to let it bother me, that it wasn’t any of my business and she was right, it wasn’t.’ Morgan felt so sad for Saul; they say the partner is always the last to know. ‘Who was the man she came with, do you know?’ ‘Greg Barker, you’ll know him, he’s the mayor.’ She smiled; she knew him very well. Looking up, she spotted”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“They drove back to the station in silence, Ben wondering if Morgan partook in the shopping, face mask thing as well. She was bound to; she was even younger than Amy. He would ask her next time he got a moment. He felt as if his perception of the opposite sex was so far off the radar he might as well become a priest”
― Helen Phifer, The Killer's Girl

“You’re my guest and I rarely get any of those. Well to be fair, I had one once who tried to strangle me and hang me from the staircase banister in the hallway, but apart from that I don’t.’ Brian was staring at her open-mouthed. ‘You need to find better house guests, that’s really quite rude.”
― Helen Phifer, Find the Girl

“He nodded. ‘Oh God, poor Bronte is going to be broken. She is really close to her mum.”
― Helen Phifer, One Left Alive

“How old are you, Detective?’ ‘That’s irrelevant, Morgan has lots of experience working missing persons and serious crimes.’ Ben was sticking up for her, but she didn’t need him to.”
― Helen Phifer, Silent Angel

“She left the café feeling a little overwhelmed; random acts of kindness were so lovely. She would be sure to pay it forward at some point today.”
― Helen Phifer, Two Broken Girls

“She’d gone this far she may as well make sure dead girls don’t make a sound.”
― Helen Phifer, Silent Angel

“Ted Bundy was a handsome, charismatic guy and look how that ended.”
― Helen Phifer, Sleeping Dolls