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“no matter how many times you move or how big and fancy your house gets, you’re still stuck with yourself.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“A key is worthless unless you know what it’s for, she thought,”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“love is an endless course And I am the runner, euphoric.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“opportunity. The bizarre codes on the pages she’d sorted for Randy suddenly made sense. They must have been the files that kept track of where the bank had stashed millions of dollars. Jim wanted the money out, and so did the Covellis. The Mob was somehow involved with the bank’s dealings, and Carmichael worked for them. Being a bartender was just a facade. Beatrice hadn’t known him at all. But Tony and Max had known him, she realized. Tony was a police detective; he was the one who told her about the Covellis in the first place. He must have known. Every word Carmichael might have overheard at the bar replayed in her mind—her conversations with Tony about snooping around the bank, the missing safe deposits, the missing master key. Maybe Tony had wanted Carmichael to hear. The old man pointed the gun at Teddy in her head. Maybe the Covellis would bring down the bank if law enforcement failed. No one, not even Tony, suspected that she and Max had the power to do anything but run. Max was right. They all underestimated women like them. Beatrice stepped out from behind the curtain with the keys in her hand and crept toward the vault. CHAPTER 72 Friday, August 28, 1998 A black-and-white photograph of two women looked up from Box 547 in the yellow glow of the detective’s flashlight. They were smiling. The glass in the silver picture frame was cracked. Iris picked it up and handed it to Detective McDonnell. Underneath it she found a brown leather book and a candle. That was it. “What the hell is this?” Iris”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“There’s a saying where I come from, bella. Never steal from a graveyard. You might disturb the ghosts.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“all the matches from you . . . So, what were you doin’ out there anyway?” Jasper frowned. His uncle thought he might’ve tried to kill himself. A gruff voice laughed knowingly in his ear. He jerked away from it, but nothing was there but the pillow. “You okay?” Wayne looked at him sideways like he really was crazy.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“the way out the door. It was Tuesday, August 12, 1952. His mother should have been heading to work down at the dairy that morning. She put on a strained smile for him as he stumbled out the back door of their apartment building and into their ’47 Chevy. Be happy, he told himself, trying to shake the feeling that something was wrong. The tires squealed”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“You can’t trust these corporate types. They’ll chew you up and spit you out without a second thought if it makes them more money.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“Be careful when you listen to others speak. Life is a story of many voices and the truth lies between them.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Books are the most precious things we have in this world. Anything you might want to know, you can find in a book.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“A wise man once said, ‘Every child has many mothers, and every mother has many children.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“You’d be surprised how many of those fat-cat bankers is still around.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“So you really think movin’ out of here’s gonna be better, huh? Just remember, Iris, no matter how many times you move or how big and fancy your house gets, you’re still stuck with yourself. You got me? You can’t buy your way outta that one, not with all the money in all . . .” The old woman’s voice trailed off as the truck pulled away.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“These bankers here ain’t no different than anybody else. They lie, they cheat, they steal. Difference is, they don’t get caught.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“He grabbed her wrist and led her through the round doorway and into the vault.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“Iris turned back toward Linda’s office”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“The path to good was always closed to the likes of me, even when I went lookin’ for it.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Unclaimed Victim

“She didn’t call after him.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Cold sweat beaded up on her forehead. The hangover was going to be an all-day affair, she could tell.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“have to drill the casing open and replace the entire thing. It’s a huge waste of money if you ask me.” “Do”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“have”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“She didn’t want to grow up to be like her parents, whittling away the time, eating bran cereal and watching Wheel of Fortune. She didn’t want to be her mother, reading her grocery-store romance novels, pan-frying steaks for a husband who ignored her, and muttering her opinions into the clothes dryer. She didn’t know what she wanted, but it sure as shit wasn’t that. It all seemed so damned pointless.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“The evening sun hung over the east side of town like an orange heat lamp.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“his shoulder. “You need to get up, baby. Get dressed.” “What?” Jasper Leary opened his eyes. It was still dark outside his window. “What’s wrong?” “We’re goin’ up”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“Occam’s razor told her that the police were right, but she couldn’t believe it.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Unclaimed Victim

“Blue-eyed Baby Jesus smiled up at him from the dirt like it was all a big joke.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“It’s good to study your history, Jasper. If you don’t understand the mistakes of the past, you’re bound to repeat them. Remember that.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book

“You’re practically invisible in that office—a ghost. People always underestimate women like us.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“Your worth? Christ, Iris! Never look to a job for that, okay? You can’t trust these corporate types. They’ll chew you up and spit you out without a second thought if it makes them more money. Fuck ’em! Do what you want.”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key

“But you can’t just put your whole life on hold, waiting for someday to get here. What if it never does, and then what do you got?”
― D.M. Pulley, The Dead Key