Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3)

by Janet Evanovich

“Didn’t want to look out of place.” I didn’t want to burst his fantasy bubble, but the only time Ranger wouldn’t look out of place would be standing in a lineup between Rambo and Batman.

“So, is it against the law to shoot someone after he’s already dead?” “Yes, it’s against the law.” I made a small grimace. “I thought it would be.

The obvious reason, of course, was that I was jealous. I didn’t like the obvious reason, so I kept working for another. Finally I gave up in defeat.

I wasn’t afraid of the dark, but I wasn’t in love with it either. Well, okay, I was afraid of the dark.

“What did you ever see in Dickie Orr?” I’d asked myself that same question many times and never found a satisfactory answer. “He had a nice car,” I said. Morelli’s mouth curved. “Seems like a sound basis for marriage.”