Contents

Chapter 1

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. ~ Murphy’s Law

Chapter 2

You’re even dumber than you think I think you are. ~ J.J. Gittes

Chapter 3

High heels are pleasure with pain. ~ Christian Louboutin

Chapter 4

“They were shot with a shotgun and put in garbage bags and thrown under a bridge,” Shrake said. “If it wasn’t murder, it was a really weird accident.” ~ John Sandford, Storm Prey

Chapter 5

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. ~ Abraham Lincoln

Chapter 6

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Chapter 7

Time passes, but sometimes it beats the shit out of you as it goes. ~ John Sandford, Easy Prey

Chapter 8

Six days left till panhandling for coffee money. ~ Roxanna Horne

Chapter 9

I wouldn't want to assume that all men are like you. If I did, I know I would give them up entirely. ~ Patricia Cornwell, The Body Farm

Chapter 10

Five days till selling plasma is my full-time job. ~ Roxanna Horne

Chapter 11

Unless you are good at guessing, it is not much use being a detective. ~ Agatha Christie

Chapter 12

The only person who ever wanted me for who I am was the police ~ Unknown

Chapter 13

Four days. Has anyone invented plumbing for a cardboard-box condo? Or should I just leave my towels for the next tenant? ~ Roxanna Horne

Chapter 14

There is nothing sexier than a fireman that knows how to use his hose. ~ Unknown

Chapter 15

I'm so horny the crack of dawn isn’t safe. ~ John Sandford, Bad Blood

Chapter 16

Never trust people who smile constantly. They’re either selling something or not very bright. ~ Laurell K. Hamilton, Burnt Offerings

Chapter 17

The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby. ~ Natalie Wood

Chapter 18

I can resist everything except temptation. ~ Oscar Wilde

Chapter 19

In three days, I’ll be busking in McCarran Airport with a kazoo and pasties to pay for Pop Tarts. ~ Roxanna Horne

Chapter 20

If your neighbors think you’re a detective because a cop always brings you home, you might be a redneck. ~ Jeff Foxworthy

Chapter 21

If you love something set it free, but don’t be surprised if it comes back with herpes. ~ Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Chapter 22

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. ~ Arnold H. Glasow

Chapter 23

I enjoy kids but not for long periods. I think they’re adorable and funny and sweet, and then I have a headache. ~ Kim Cattrall

Chapter 24

Two days left. I can’t get my body to whip around the pole. Is it too late to learn tap dancing? ~ Roxanna Horne

Chapter 25

Lawyers work hard and, like us, they’re human, many of them. ~ Dick Cavett

Chapter 26

When crime busting is easier than your personal life, something has gone seriously wrong. ~ Laurell K. Hamilton, Bullet

Chapter 27

I’m one day from adding tunnel-people to my resume. Living in storm-drain tunnels can’t be that bad. ~ Roxanna Horne

Chapter 28

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age. ~ Lucille Ball

Chapter 29

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass. ~ David Lee Roth

Chapter 30

Education is learning what you didn’t even know you didn’t know. ~ Daniel J. Boorstin

Chapter 31

If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of car payments. ~ Earl Wilson

Chapter 32

If the cops didn’t see it, I didn’t do it! ~ George Carlin

Chapter 33

Crazy people don’t sit around wondering if they’re nuts. ~ Jake Gyllenhaal

Chapter 34

It’s not that I'm afraid to die, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. ~ Woody Allen

Chapter 35

No, RN does not stand for “Refreshments and Narcotics”. ~ Unknown

Chapter 36

What the detective story is about is not murder but the restoration of order. ~ P. D. James