Exhume Quotes

“Spencer wasn't crazy. He was incredibly calculating. Brilliantly so. Even she could admit that. Under different circumstances, Spencer might have been considered a genius. But she refused to believe that. He was sick. Twisted. But human.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“Sam crossed to the other set of stairs and moved up them quickly. As it wasn’t proper for men to see women walking up the stairs, where they might accidentally catch the view of her ankle or, heaven forbid, her calf, many of Charleston’s older homes were built with two sets of stairs.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it,”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“but a perfect home was as clear a sign of dysfunction as a slovenly one.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. And”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“This is probably going to sound a little weird”—he made a sound like a soft chuckle—“sorry. The accent on your voicemail reminds me of my mom’s sister. She’s from Savannah. She used to call everything bat-shit crazy. That’s what made me laugh just now.” The voice stopped, and Harper thought he’d disconnected. A”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“little trouble sleeping,” she admitted, motioning into the living room. “Plus the deadline.” “There are some good local support groups if you want to talk to someone,” Hal offered. “I can send over some information.” “Thank you,” she said. “I appreciate that. And I’ll be in touch if I think of anything useful about Terri.” Hal thanked her and left her apartment. Maybe he looked as bad as she did. He wouldn’t be surprised. He felt like shit. Across the foyer, the yellow tape on the victim’s door caught his eye again.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“hoop to ensure that”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“hearing as her husband. “Can you please tell me exactly what happened this evening? Start with when you first heard the dog and continue until you called Mrs. Leighton.” Davies twisted her lips. “Mrs. Leighton?” “My mother,” Harper said. Kimberly Davies”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“course, she told her husband that it wouldn’t be the same without me, he talked to Spencer, and I was on the list.” That was always the trick with Spencer. If she said no to one of his colleagues,”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“Well, maybe he was learning something about Southern manners. She”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“The model number on the .38 dated it back to the mid-1940s, decades before gun registry laws were introduced in 1968. Even if the gun was”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“Good or bad, everything smelled more in the South. Inside”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“mixture of gardenia and something earthy like tea leaves—and”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“You drown not by falling into a river, but by staying submerged in it,” Ava used to say, quoting Coelho. Now”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“how he gathered every morsel for later use as ammunition. His skill in this was impressive; he might not even be paying attention, and still, somehow, he absorbed details she shared. The most mundane, irrelevant facts were corrupted in his grip.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume

“Yawning was linked to stress. Athletes yawned before competition, paratroopers before a drop. Part of the flight or fight, linked to the hypothalamus.”
― Danielle Girard, Exhume