peggy hill

“Mom,” she said. “What if I miss?” “Then you tried your best,” Patricia told her. “What if I break one of her windows?” Korey asked. “Then I’ll buy you a frozen yogurt on the way home,” Patricia said.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires

“Reynolds looked at his notes. ‘He says you told him you’d break his bloody legs if he didn’t pay you.’ ‘Yur,’ said Haddon defiantly. ‘And I still will.’ ‘I’m sure you could find a better way to resolve the dispute, Mr Haddon,’ said Reynolds sharply. ‘Maybe better. Not faster.’ ‘You do know that we could arrest you right now for making threats, don’t you?’ Haddon simply gave Reynolds a baleful stare. ‘And you do know that Mr Took’s daughter is missing?’ ‘Well,’ said Haddon, looking a little uncertain for the first time, ‘I’d wait until she were back, like.”
― Belinda Bauer, Finders Keepers

“and while I know now how crazy that sounds, finding your life unraveling like that makes you feel pretty desperate to weave it into something beautiful and whole before it disappears altogether and leaves you with nothing.”
― Stacy Willingham, All the Dangerous Things

“He looks really old to be a detective,” Hoyle said. “He’s the oldest living detective in L.A.,” Ballard said. “But don’t tell him I said that. He’ll get mad.”
― Michael Connelly, The Dark Hours