Detective Nikki Galena Books #4-6 Quotes

“Actually she had almost chickened out when she had heard the word “veggie.”
― Joy Ellis, Detective Nikki Galena Books #4-6

“Jarvis?”
― Joy Ellis, Detective Nikki Galena Books #4-6

“you thought you could have prevented it? I totally understand why they don’t want to talk to us.’ Nikki took a deep breath and then let out a long sigh. ‘I don’t know. How the hell are we expected to get people to cooperate when they are terrified out of their wits? There has to be someone who will stand up to Stephen Cox and just give us something we can use against him. He’s back in the area with a vengeance, and he’s into everything! Not just drugs, but money laundering, people trafficking. You name it and if it’s illegal, Cox crawls to the surface.’ Joseph was perplexed. ‘I cannot understand why he’d want to come within a hundred miles of this place. Police and villains throughout Greenborough want him gone. And considering the Leonard family has a contract out on him, well, it beats me.’ ‘I’m beginning to think that monster is superhuman. We knock him down, and he gets up again.’ ‘And if he really is back, he’s stronger than ever.’ ‘But can we bloody nail him? Can we . . . ?’ Her next words were torn away from her as an earth-jarring thump shook the car. ‘What the hell was that?’ Joseph gripped the steering wheel. He stared, open-mouthed, at a dust cloud that was beginning to rise up from behind the buildings at the end of the narrow cul-de-sac. ‘Oh my God! That’s the main road! The dual carriageway through the centre of town!”
― Joy Ellis, Detective Nikki Galena Books #4-6