Virna Depaul Quotes

“Carrie had never been the pretty one. Never fit in with the girls at school or understood their need to shop and primp and gossip. She’d been more interested in the things her brothers did. And she’d always been interested in helping others. Taking on those bigger and stronger than her and besting them through stamina and smarts.”
― Virna DePaul, Shades of Temptation

“He’d almost died and seeing the proof of his knife wounds, hearing him describe the incident that had almost taken his life, rattled her so much.
With him still holding her wrist, she bent awkwardly and pressed her lips against the worst of his scars.”
― Virna DePaul, Shades of Temptation

“A serial killer’s modus operandi could evolve over time, but rarely would he change his signature, an act that often had nothing to do with the way the victim actually died but had more to do with fulfilling some kind of need the killer had.”
― Virna DePaul, Shades of Temptation

“She locked eyes with Jase. And said his middle name. “David.”
Simultaneously, she fired her weapon.
Jase wrenched himself to the side. The bullet lodged in Turner’s brain before Jase even hit the ground.”
― Virna DePaul