Scott Avery

“What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?”
― Anthony Trollope, The Warden

“Yes, Mr Latimer, most of us go through life without knowing what we want of it. But Dimitrios, you know, was not like that. Dimitrios knew exactly what he wanted. He wanted money and he wanted power.”
― Eric Ambler, A Coffin for Dimitrios

“they climbed above the beach there to a higher elevation where decayed wooden gates with padlocks announced the phantoms of abandoned houses. Where the shallow water suddenly deepened there were irregular shapes of black opal, like the forms of stationary sharks, and farther out dark green masses that suggested a brooding energy that would always remain withheld from the upper air.”
― Lawrence Osborne, Beautiful Animals

“I walked back down the room and out. The little blonde at the PBX looked at me expectantly, her small red lips parted, waiting for more fun. I didn't have any more. I went on out.”
― Raymond Chandler, The Lady In The Lake