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Silent Prey

John Sandford

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Does Raggedy Ann have a cotton crotch?”

“She had eyes that Rembrandt would have painted.”

“O'Dell's driver was a broad man with a Korean War crew cut, his hair the color of rolled steel. A hatchet nose split basalt eyes, and his lips were dry and thick: a Gila monster's.”

“Her voice was stark as a winter crow.”

“to somebody. It’s hard to believe he’d get a break”

“to his cheek, and went back to the bed.”

“table, a chest of drawers, a window seat, a color television with a working remote, and a closet with a light that came on automatically when he opened it. He went to the closet, pulled out a briefcase and opened it on the bed. Inside was a monocular, a cassette recorder with a phone clip, and a Polaroid Spectra camera with a half-dozen rolls of film. Excellent. He closed the briefcase, made a quick trip to the bathroom, and rode back down to the street. A bellhop, loitering in the phone-booth-sized lobby, said, “Cab, Mr. Davenport?” “No. I’ve got a car coming,” he said. Outside, he hurried down the street to a breakfast bar, got a pint of orange juice in a wax carton, and went back outside. After leaving Fell the night before, he’d gone to Lily’s apartment and given her the key impressions. Lily knew an intelligence officer”

“scooter. Four more squads were double-parked farther up the street. As Lucas paused at the trash basket, disposing of the orange, a”

“This could be handled. Everything can be handled by he who waits.”

“The breeze smelled like the breath of an old man with bad teeth.”

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Book Keywords:

wind, air, voice, crow, smell, gila-monster, eyes, timing, rembrandt, korean-war, patience, lizard, breeze, chauffeur

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