Mystery Thriller Quotes

The blank sheet stares up at me, its emptiness like a slap. Those were the last words Ginny ever wrote before she and her family were murdered.

She was the kind of woman a person could die over or kill over.

Faithfully, Calvi was following the rules to the letter. He knew one thing: Whatever was in that document had caused the death of the leader of the Catholic Church. Who’d be next?

MISSION ONE ACCOMPLISHED. The next challenge was bringing in online gamers to join him on his crusade. How was he going to convince online gamers to leave the privacy of their virtual world to work with others in the real world?--Harry Doubt

Why did you shoot him?""You weren't around," I replied, my teeth gritted in pain. "If you'd been here I'd have shot you instead.

Either I’ve got a wart on my nose they find curious, or I’ve grown a tail, Albie Merani muttered to himself. Just then he thought. I’d better get a move on, got work to do. He hurried across to some stairs, heading down deeper into station, then followed the signs to the pod station.

Books are keys that open many doors.

Did you mean what you said before? About the dead hanging around? You really believe it?

A good tanto is a nasty thing, and when the point entered a human neck, it was like the last period in a biography.

Everyday is another adventure!

She would not have another man push her aside like some appetizer, there to wet his whistle only to be left once the main dish arrived.No more. She pushed her thumb into his throat a little harder.

Sometimes, we miss the truth when it's right in front of us, she thought. Sometimes the closer we are, the harder it is to see.

Policemen are often confronted with situations which baffle them at first. A certain crime scene may seem meaningless, but they have to derive some meaning out of it. They have to connect the dots, find the links, delve into its history, look for evidence, come up with a zillion theories and arrive at truth. The thing is, truth is always stranger than fiction.

I look away, but we've caught each other. And I know this wasn't just a ghost story to him, even if it was to the others.

There are a few rules in investigations, and one is to never cringe at the person’s appearance that you’re about to pump for info.

What to do? Fight it or play along? Was God behind it?

It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn. Wait, young man, and you will learn for yourself.---Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Good always has a price, Marcus. Evil comes free.

Sometimes the closer you are to the truth, the harder it is to see.

It’s a hard thing to accept that someone wants you dead. It forces you to decide if you have anything worth living for.