“Around her the world stopped. Everything other than life and death dissolved in the background. In that moment, it was only her touching the pale, waxen skin of a relative stranger.” Mystery NovelsMystery QuotesAmateur SleuthCanadian WriterCanadian AuthorAmateur DetectiveCalgary Author Book:City Hall Source: City Hall
“Night cloaked the sky. Venus hovered overhead surrounded by traces of stars. The temperature must have dropped, as tears stung Ada’s eyes. She wiped them away with a bare hand. She hadn’t bothered with her gloves or her hood. There was no need to. As Ada navigated across the cul-de-sac, towards her home, silhouetted against the night, she felt no cold. She felt nothing at all.” Strong Female CharactersAmateur SleuthCalgaryCanadian WriterCanadian FictionCalgary Author Book:City Hall Source: City Hall
“Pilar peered out her window at the barren foothills shroud in mist and shadows cast by low-lying clouds. Bits of brush and the grey skeletons of dormant plants protruded from mounds of snow. A Canadian Pacific train, the colour of rust, slowly ran parallel to the highway.” SnowIceCanadaNature QuotesCalgaryCanadian WriterCanadian AuthorCalgary Author Book:City Hall Source: City Hall