Rob Thomas

Oh, I guess you wouldn’t know, since you left the actual investigating for me to do. Well, buckle up, my friend, because I’m about to hand you actual clues to an actual crime, wrapped in a bow.

Sometimes lightning struck twice; sometimes, one person got more than their share of suffering.

Some things you don't need until they leave you, they're the things that you miss

I also drink Scotch. But I'm not picky. I'll take the victory Scotch, or the Scotch of defeat. Or the rotgut swill.

"You always have a choice," she spat. "You fight until you see you're beaten, and then you keep on fighting."

Veronica eased the car forward, narrowly missing two girls who stopped in the middle of the street to light each other’s cigarettes. They both held up their middle fingers in perfect unison. Veronica cheerfully flipped them off in return, then took a right toward Neptune’s Warehouse District.

When we lose faith in our officers of the law, it harms all of as. It cripples our criminal justice system. It threatens the most vulnerable parts of our community. It allows money and power to subvert justice.

Thank goodness for the U.S. Navy. I can at least put off telling Logan. The last thing I need is for my boyfriend to pick a fight with an international crime syndicate.

Nothing was worthless. Not if you knew who needed it. Not if you knew how to salvage it.

Conan Doyle deluded a century of readers into thinking we're all deductive geniuses.

There weren't many people in this world who would let you be vulnerable and still believe you were strong.

Her strategy for honoring the dead had always been to take action - solve the mystery, punish the criminal. But what did you do when there was no one to punish? When there were no answers to find? How do you assimilate that kind of loss without losing your mind?

But sometimes the lies we let ourselves believe are for our own good.

Loose lips sink ships, Mr. Kiss and Tell.

This is seriously threatening my hardboiled persona,” Veronica said, “because I have never wanted to squee so badly in my life.