Catherine Shepherd > Quotes

“When you’re sad, look up at the stars, then close your eyes. The stars will tell you a story. Their soft gleam will embrace and comfort you and lead you confidently toward your goals.”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Emily could hardly believe her luck. She had gotten the job! She gazed at the gray envelope containing the contract. She was so happy she almost jumped up and down like a little girl. She was a pert and pretty young woman with deep brown eyes and curly, dark hair. Even on a normal day, Emily’s smile and warmth could light up a small room; today she was positively radiant.”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Poor Anna. A few months ago, she had finally mustered the courage to propose to her boyfriend, Martin, and that had triggered a huge catastrophe. First Martin asked Anna for three whole days to think it over. Then, at the end of those three days, he came out to Anna as gay, leaving her utterly devastated as well as perplexed. To make things almost tragically worse, Martin’s lover turned out to be Christopher, Anna’s and Emily’s best friend.”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Wandering through the streets of the small medieval town of Zons on a frigid winter’s evening, Anna smiled as she remembered her grandfather’s words. Although the icy air made her shiver, she sat down on one of the many benches along the bank of the Rhine. She thought about following her grandfather’s advice, and tears filled her eyes. No”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“behind and move on with her usual poise and calm, easily mastering her life as she normally did? Granted, she’d never been one of those people who seemed to court good luck wherever they went—but she certainly couldn’t complain of chronic misfortune, either. Well, except for the past few months, during which everything that had been dearly important to her had almost entirely vanished. Taking her grandfather’s advice, Anna turned her head toward”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“XXIII. Present On his way back to the precinct, Oliver got a call from Klaus: Dietrich Hellenbruch, the archivist, had been taken into custody.”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“No, she told herself sternly. She wouldn’t let the pain overwhelm her for more than a brief moment. She didn’t want to”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“her. She stopped abruptly and stared into the stranger’s face; dark-brown eyes stared back at her. Blond strands of hair peeked from beneath his hood, and Anna could tell he was attractive. “May I be of”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“never been one of those people who seemed to court good luck wherever they went—but she certainly couldn’t complain of chronic misfortune, either. Well, except for the past few months, during which everything that had been dearly important to her had almost entirely vanished. Taking her grandfather’s advice, Anna turned her head toward the sky. Clouds were”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Wandering through the streets of the small medieval town of Zons on a frigid winter’s evening, Anna smiled as she remembered her grandfather’s words. Although the icy air made her shiver, she sat down on one of the many benches along the bank of the Rhine. She thought about following her grandfather’s advice, and tears filled her eyes.”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“sad, look up at the stars, then close your eyes. The stars will tell you a story. Their soft gleam will embrace and comfort you and lead you confidently toward your goals.” Wandering through the streets of the small medieval town of Zons on a”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“would she be able to leave the past behind and move on with her usual poise and calm, easily mastering her life as she normally did? Granted, she’d never been one of those people who seemed to court good luck wherever they went—but she certainly couldn’t complain of chronic misfortune, either. Well, except for the past few months, during which everything that had been dearly”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“close your eyes. The stars will tell you a story. Their soft gleam will embrace and comfort you and lead you confidently toward your goals.” Wandering through the streets of the small medieval town of Zons on a frigid winter’s evening, Anna smiled as she remembered her grandfather’s words. Although the icy air made her shiver, she sat down on one of the many benches along the bank of the Rhine. She thought about following her grandfather’s advice, and”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Knobloch is a translator, writer, and producer. She has been living in the US for four years and translates fiction and nonfiction for AmazonCrossing and individual clients. Fatal Puzzle is her first fiction translation from her native German to English. Julia’s documentaries on explorers, adventure”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“When would she be able to leave the past behind and move on with her usual poise and calm, easily mastering her life as she normally did? Granted, she’d never been one of those people who seemed to court good luck wherever they went—but she certainly couldn’t complain of chronic misfortune, either. Well, except for the past few months, during which everything that had been dearly important to her had almost entirely vanished. Taking her grandfather’s advice, Anna turned her head toward the sky. Clouds were moving in quickly to cover the moon and stars, but for now the stars were so bright they almost blinded her. She stared up into the sky for several minutes and then closed her eyes. Gradually, her thoughts dissolved in the glistening”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“poise and calm, easily mastering her life as she normally did? Granted, she’d never been one of those people who seemed to court good luck wherever they went—but she certainly couldn’t complain of chronic misfortune, either. Well, except for the past few months,”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Taking her grandfather’s advice, Anna turned her head toward the sky. Clouds were moving in quickly to cover the moon and stars, but for now the stars were so bright they almost blinded her. She stared up into the sky for several minutes and then closed her eyes. Gradually, her thoughts dissolved in the glistening bounty, and Anna felt herself lifted upward, her body nearly weightless. For a fleeting moment, the world around her fell away. As if drawn by a vision, Anna drifted deep into the night, engulfed in a bright gleam. She had no thoughts, no feelings. The tears in her eyes splintered the light into countless separate beams, leading Anna toward a glittering palace of shining rays. Perfect indifference flooded her body. If only this sensation would last forever!”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“How old-fashioned his language is, Anna noted. “Oh, thank you,” she said. “But I’m almost home. It won’t take long.”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“likely be executed. Gagged and fettered, he had been put on the bed of a jostling cart. They’d been traveling through the frigid cold for hours, and by now he was so thoroughly chilled to the bones that he had lost even the slightest”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Two mounted soldiers patrolled at the side of the cart; with effort, he managed to overhear some of their conversation. If he’d heard right,”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“City of Zons I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle

“Wandering through the streets of the small medieval town of Zons on a frigid winter’s evening, Anna smiled as she remembered her grandfather’s words. Although the icy air made her shiver, she sat down on one of the many benches along the bank of the Rhine. She thought about following her grandfather’s advice, and tears filled her eyes”
― Catherine Shepherd, Fatal Puzzle