I really wouldn't classify the books as mysteries. I prefer to say that they're adventures.

Howie's doctor told him to lose ten pounds, and since Howie's been on a diet he's gained three.

There's me and then there's you, and you aren't ever going to be as good as me, Sweet Thing." Ranger

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.

Opening my door to Dillon Ruddick, my bulding super. I handed him a cup of coffee. "Sorry about the blood." "What was it this time?" No one reported gunfire." "I hit a guy in the face with a hair dryer." "Whoa." Dillon said. "It wasn't my fault," I told him. "Maybe we should lay down some linoleum here. It would make things easier for clean up.

You never want to look in a mirror," Lula said. "Men love mirrors. They look at themselves doing the deed and they see Rex the Wonder Horse. Women look at themselves and think they need to renew their membership at the gym.

Truth is, I'm a good Catholic girl. The faith has always been elusive, but the guilt is intractable.