Paradise Lost Quotes

“As the small gust blew away the last of the dissipating cigarette smoke, Jenny noticed that another odor had taken its place. “There’s something dead out there,” she announced. “Dead,” Dora repeated. “How do you know?” Jennifer Ann Brady had lived on a ranch all her life. She recognized the distinctively ugly odor of carrion. “Because I can smell it, that’s how,” Jenny returned.”
― J.A. Jance, Paradise Lost

“George Winfield said with a sigh. “When I signed on to be medical examiner around here, I never realized how many bodies we’d have to haul in from out in the boonies. And I sure didn’t understand about the hours. Couldn’t you get your murderers to do their deeds in places that are a little more on the beaten path, Joanna? And it would be nice if it wasn’t almost always the middle of the night when it happens. How about instituting a rule that says all bodies are to be found and investigated during normal office hours only?”
― J.A. Jance, Paradise Lost