The Best American Mystery Stories 2020 Quotes

“Baxter?” “Bax did a—”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“It’s embarrassing to admit, but Lionel was the reason I was a deputy.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“Two days later I caught the guy on my dashcam, doing backflips on a trampoline in his backyard. Needless to say, his personal injury claim died on the spot.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“It’s strange how the whims of popular culture go. Albums used to be the thing for music lovers. Now it’s hit singles. These stories are hit singles, literary version.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“reel. Everything about him seems drab—​his cotton work shirt, his complexion, his once-glistening eyes. He needs a haircut. Nathan has become his pillar of support. He checks on Bruce daily, invites him to dinner at least once a week. The rumors were rampant. Who had Samantha run away with? Every neighbor had a theory”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“bitter recognition that his era had passed and the injury he had done to his family could not be undone and the moral failure that characterized his life had poisoned everything he touched and saw.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“I try to avoid confrontations with white trash, but sometimes they don’t give you no selection.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“He was an extremely intelligent and perceptive man, and consequently doomed to a life of emotional and intellectual loneliness.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“In hard times you don’t share your secrets and you sure don’t borrow trouble.”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020

“peace. He”
― C.J. Box, The Best American Mystery Stories 2020