Deadly Sleep Quotes

“Matt didn’t care. This was the woman responsible for almost killing Tom. He concentrated on that reason, refused to acknowledge the truth. He feared this woman, the effect she had – not just on Tom – but on him too. She was...not evil as such, at least he didn’t think so, just...well, odd, he supposed, odd and dangerous with it.”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“chuckle in response turned quickly into a nicotine-heavy, wet, cough that seemed to erupt from deep within the man. He didn’t seem to be able to stop, once he had started, the cough going on and on until, breathless and with an unhealthy blue tinge to lips and fingers, he said, ‘Sorry, gotta give up the fags, they’ll be the death of me.’               Matt”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“Tanya Woods, Melanie Griffith, Tina McMahon and Laura Keane because, despite our pathetic attempts at detection, these girls have something in common. We just haven’t found it yet.’ Jane,”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“Yes, of course we did, Detective Inspector but I have to be vigilant as I am sure you understand. I am relieved, to be honest, we’ve been very busy recently and Nicola is a god-send.’               ‘Well,”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“first they had a case to solve. And they would solve it with proper police work.  He made a quick phone call to Jane O’Neill to check if there were any developments at the Keane house.               ‘Quiet”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“mulling over the case, wishing the night had gone the way they had hoped.”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“what goes on in that woman’s head but she says she isn’t psychic, that this has never happened to her before. I don’t know what to believe, Jane, but I do think she is a seriously weird woman. You heard her screams at the station, didn’t you?’ Jane nodded. ‘Well, Tom and I stayed the night at her place last night and it was exactly the same. She shrieks in her sleep. Whatever she is dreaming about, it’s not pretty. She says she has them every night until Picasso kills the girl. Well,”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“Enough!’ Peter Shaw said sharply. ‘Listen to me, both of you. I don’t know if this woman is totally off her rocker or not but she scares the shit out of me and I don’t scare easily. We are going to follow up her tattoo story, and anything else she comes up with, until we have a better idea,”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“A tattoo of a daisy-chain?’ Matt mused.               ‘What?”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep

“Tom looked across the roof of the car at Matt who glared back. A bit of a knock back but still...               Matt turned to the security man, ‘If she wanted to park a car, where would she park it then?’               The”
― Valerie Keogh, Deadly Sleep