Excuse me?" I said, palms down on the Formica tabletop. "Coffee? I thought we came here for pie." "I don't eat the kind of pie they serve here." I felt a flash of heat go through my stomach. I knew firsthand the kind of pie Ranger liked.

Your on your on with this one babe." "Coward." "Calling me names isn't going to get me in there." -Ranger and Stephanie

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

These are desparate times." - Stephanie Plum

Stop the planet. I want to get off.

I need to look like an idiot at least twice a day to keep myself humble.

My mother drove back to the intersection. "Who are you dating?" "Don't ask," I said. I wasn't dating anyone. I was fornicating with Batman.