Cath Russell

“Although every fibre of his body bristled against it and an inner voice screamed at him not to do it, Till couldn't resist the open cell door. If you gave a bottle to someone dying of thirst they would drink it no matter how brown the liquid sloshing inside”
― Sebastian Fitzek, Der Insasse

“I was so in awe of mystery writers—I figured if I could write a mystery and keep plots and sub-plots and red herrings, all twisted together, yet one supporting the other AND keep the readers guessing until the last; I could write anything! Every good book has a sense of mystery—the “something” that keeps the reader turning the pages. With all my degrees in Lit. and teaching all kinds of writing, learning to write a mystery was the best writing training I ever received.”
― Susan Slater

“There is nothing more dangerous than self-diagnosis”
― Emma Dibdin, The Room by the Lake

“Life is capricious; one moment you're high on a mountain peak with flag in hand, the next you're clinging to an icy ledge by your fingertips.”
― Kevin Ansbro