Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.
My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.
Grief is as contagious as a yawn.
Happiness is seasonal, like anything else
People get careless when they're feeling safe.
grief is an illness I can't recover from.