Conspiracy Thriller Quotes

“She was born under the sign of Gemini. And that stands for the good and evil twin. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde both hiding and residing inside her heart. Her good twin was not bad at all. But her evil twin was even better, and showed up to be way too fatal!”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, Mysterious Murder of Marilyn Monroe

“It was a cooler morning than usual, but it was a welcomed difference. The many childhood summers she had spent on the French Riviera were now a simple memory, her younger adult years in the Caribbean now packed away into the past. The cooler New England temperatures helped to mitigate the heat of her present concerns.”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“She told herself, finally, that she must face it or die . . . But this was just a whisper in the self, that flutter within which starts as a tiny plea and fights to grow in strength and resonance. So, she stood by it and fought for it, but not before her life and her love took the losses redemption almost always exacts from the redeemed.”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“Valdivia had to hold back the familiar mixture of sadness, rage, and revulsion to keep herself from shouting at the world in front of her. Of course, she had seen bad things before. But now, violence against women was a particular anguish, and the pursuit of their killers had become a personal mission.”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“without Excalibur the Grail cannot be discovered”
― Glenn Cooper, The Resurrection Maker

“Inequality and poverty, unhealth and no wealth are hand in hand.
And if we are all born equal that should be true in all lands.
We cannot divide the world between poor and rich countries.
It's like saying the ones are good, the others are junkies.
That can only increase more prejudice, miseries and sorrow.
Turning the wheel today it will lead to a better tomorrow.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, The Mysterious Murder of Marilyn Monroe

“Ava had to get Maxime’s location soon so she could get out of there. She’d seen enough of this place and its people that she never wanted to come back. She texted the judge: Do you have the information? I need it. I have to leave here soon.”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“Daily, she went over the story, ramming it through the turnstile in her mind, making sure she hadn’t missed anything major. She did not want to be caught off guard if she was ever questioned. She had to have thought of everything. And what of those things she could not anticipate? She’d simply answer, “I don’t know. I have no knowledge of that. Someone else might be able to tell you.”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“Ava was almost twenty-six, on her own, in a decent and mostly stable relationship, eternally grateful to be away from Jeffrey Hoffman’s clutches. Hoffman had held her captive for just over four years until she escaped that life at eighteen. In the first few years of her escape, she’d had as much therapy as she could tolerate, preferring to get on with things. ”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“God works in mysterious ways. Sometimes he uses anonymous people.”
― Khaled Talib, Incognito

“Sitting in the cruiser, staring through this memory, she wondered why it was so hard for a headstrong woman in this world, in this country—why she had to be so alone to be who she was, and not just Valdivia herself, but every woman who is a lone wolf on the slick, icy tundra. ”
― Jonathan Epps, Until Morning Comes

“The only way I can be safe is to try to find the Grail”
― Glenn Cooper, The Resurrection Maker

“Maybe I should get a gun...”
― Elizabeth Horton-Newton, View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale

“We're three women from two different centuries, trying to save the world from oblivion. I don't know about you, but that's way above my pay grade.”
― G.G. Collins, Atomic Medium

“Do not judge a book by its price!”
― Claire Hamelin Manning, Project Carbon Copy: They are Amongst us and Here to Stay

“One of the special teams turned sadistic in Kandahar and took out a village. The organization reacted swiftly by shutting down the program and denying any and all knowledge. Contracts were severed. Their service records heavily redacted. Overnight, the entire team was out. Out of the military, out of the war, out of the only life they knew. Team Fear took the fall.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Live By The Team

“Team Fear was the heartless result of focused recruiting combined with tireless training and a little R&D. They'd sold their souls, each and every man.”
― Cindy Skaggs, Live By The Team

“What type of a person must he be, to cut an under the table deal with Police, Judges and Lawyers to destroy the life of his child's mother and ultimately get away with her murder.”
― Niedria Kenny, Order in the Courtroom: The Tale of a Texas Poker Player

“Jimmy Allen wasn’t. And yet, he was on that map. One of the four dead men Nan had drawn JFK Jr.’s attention to. Three of those four had been scheduled to appear in front of Congress in regard to the assassination: Johnny Roselli, George de Mohrenschildt (Lee Harvey Oswald’s friend), and Carlos Prio Socarrás, one-time president of Cuba. All of them had died violently before they could testify: Roselli murdered, de Mohrenschildt and Prio by suicide. And then there was Jimmy Allen. What made him so special? What was his connection to the assassination? Why had Nan drawn JFK Jr.’s attention to him?”
― Rusty McClure;Dave Stern

“So.” He locked eyes with her. “What’s this all about? Why—”
“Listen.” Harper shook her head. “To begin with, there’s some things I can’t tell you.”
“I don’t see the point of keeping secrets, Ms. Harper.”
“Espy. Please.”
“Okay. Espy. I know your name. I know you work for the DOJ—”
“You don’t know anything, Detective. Believe me.”
“Mike.”
“Okay. Mike.” She took a sip of her tea. “You have no idea what’s really going on here.”
“So what did you want to talk about? You gonna threaten me? Tell me what’s gonna happen if I don’t keep quiet?”
“No. Not at all.” She set her tea down. “You’re here because we’d like your help.”
― Rusty McClure, CodeName: Blackjack