Detective Romance Quotes

“He reached and tapped her glasses back down onto her face. "Good work, Sherlock."
Claire snorted and adjusted her glasses. "Thanks, Columbo."
"Not Watson?" He pouted, batting his lashes.
"We already have Watson," she reminded him. "Besides, you're a detective all your own. We're equals.”
― Rebecca Connolly, The Crime Brûlée Bake Off

“We've got a shape. Pointy. Big ouch."
"Big ouch?" Jonny repeated from where he sat.
"Shut the piehole, J. You're not the one inches away from blood-borne pathogens, okay?" Claire snapped, not moving her eyes from the wound.
"Where did you learn that phrase?" her soon-to-be-pummeled boyfriend asked.
Claire huffed noisily. "Teacher safety training. Now hush!”
― Rebecca Connolly, Mayhem on the Marzipan Express