Buried in a Good Book Quotes

“Dead bodies, explosions, and a taste of something to come.
That was Thriller Writing 101.”
― Tamara Berry, Buried in a Good Book

“The look the sheriff leveled on her head was designed to turn a woman to stone. Tess, however, was no mere woman. She was a bestselling author in a male-dominated genre. She was a divorcee at a time when internet dating brought out the worst in people. She was the parent of a teenager whose heart and world had recently been shattered to pieces.”
― Tamara Berry, Buried in a Good Book

“There were times when having a brilliant, observant, hard-edged child was a source of inordinate pride for Tess. This was not one of those times.”
― Tamara Berry, Buried in a Good Book

“Do you want me to see what I can find out? Nose around, tap into the grapevine, keep my ear to the ground?" Nikki grinned and added, "I've been reading a lot of noir detective novels lately. Please say I can.”
― Tamara Berry, Buried in a Good Book

“What does taxidermy smell like?"
"When it's done well, nothing."
"Uh oh. And when it isn't?"
Tess shuddered. "Imagine a half-rotting mummy that's been doused in Agent Orange before being dressed up on your grandmother's favorite nightgown.”
― Tamara Berry, Buried in a Good Book

“These days, she wasn't an easy woman to scare, but nothing in her years of research into the ways and means of murder had prepared her for dead fish and body parts falling from the sky.”
― Tamara Berry, Buried in a Good Book