Crimes by Moonlight Quotes

“Angela has a boyfriend. Actually, he’s a friend with benefits.”
“What’s that?” Grandma said.
“It means she likes him, and she sleeps with him sometimes when she feels like it.”
“In my day, we called that a husband,” Grandma said.”
― Elaine Viets, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

“Okay,” I say at last. “But you have to teach me how to do animals. I can’t keep myself from wilting when I’m a plant, so I’ve been afraid to try a living form.”
She laughs and shifts into the shape of a large golden retriever and almost licks me to death before I can make her stop.”
― Margaret Maron, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

“Oh, and last week? I changed into a tiger and scared Tommy Bertram so bad he wet his pants.
Wait’ll he sees my dragon.”
― Margaret Maron, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

“How do you kill a vampire?
"Silver bullets?”
“That’s werewolves.”
“Cloves of garlic?”
“That’s French bread.”
― Parnell Hall, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side

“A vampire?” MacAullif said.
There is no way I can do justice to the skepticism, sarcasm, and mistrust with which MacAullif managed to imbue the word.
“That’s right.”
“You want me to find a vampire?”
“I’d be relieved if you could. I’m afraid he might be dead.”
― Parnell Hall, Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side