Marina Ann

“By the end of this night”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid is Watching

“Well, that may be, but people who die accidentally don’t then end up dismembered at the city dump.” Why had the Chief put him in the dump? Why not just Dexter him and dump him in the Sound, weighted down with rocks? Because the Chief doesn’t have a boat, you idiot, his mind replied.”
― Jennifer Hillier, The Butcher

“Hey.” He grins at me. He’s got a gold tooth for his left second incisor that makes me think of Joe Pesci in Home Alone—my favorite movie as a kid. “In a hurry?”
― Freida McFadden, The Housemaid's Secret

“What the hell was she going to do with the gun? All the certainty from before had drained away. Claire could not rekindle the steely resolve she’d felt when she first held Lydia’s revolver. Could she really shoot Paul? A better question might be could she shoot him and actually hit him. She wasn’t Annie Oakley. She would have to be close enough to hit him”
― Karin Slaughter, Pretty Girls