The Usual Santas Quotes

“Maybe we could talk to his wife, get her to take some money.” “And make her deal with his anger if he finds out?” Kurt said. “No, I don’t think so.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“It was as good an excuse as any to spend a few last, precious hours with Samuel before he left. Once he did, we’d be allowed only weekly emails and two phone calls a year, on Christmas and Mother’s Day.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“I sat with that for a long moment, trying to digest the idea that a father of eleven children was funding his children’s missions by stealing Christmas presents from his neighbors. What kind of a messed up world did we live in?”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“That put me in my place, didn’t it? Bishop’s wife, in fourth place in terms of importance in the ward hierarchy.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“And a reminder to priesthood holders that they have the power to bless their homes against Satan’s incursions in any form, if they haven’t done it already.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“mid-1970s,”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“The shopper who is tired of Whiteoaks, it might easily be asserted, is a shopper who is tired of credit.”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers

“site”
― Peter Lovesey, The Usual Santas: A Collection of Soho Crime Christmas Capers