Расследования Зои Бентли. Комплект из 3 книг

Разговор звучал гипнотически, словно медленный грустный блюз: Фостер задает быстрые, короткие вопросы – парень отвечает бесконечными змеистыми фразами, запутанными, как лабиринт.

Kids have almost three times as many taste buds as adults, so they experience taste differently and prefer simpler tastes

Once she’d closed the motel room’s door behind her, the images and sensations had begun to break through. They were leaning against the wall of detachment that she protected herself with. As soon as she was alone, that wall always became paper thin.

“I want to write about that teacher who tutors illegal immigrants in English.”
“People don’t want to read that!”
“They should! I don’t want to be ashamed of what I do.”

He enjoyed the miasma of trolls, angry readers, and loneliness that accompanied the comments in general, but what he loved most were the outraged readers. Nothing was as satisfying as a reader who read the article from beginning to end in fascination and then hurried to comment about everyone’s obsession with sex or violence and moan about the decline of American values.

Судя по всему, начальница ее смены была сукой и ненавидела Андреа. Зои задумалась, откуда все время берутся суки, ненавидящие Андреа, где бы та ни работала. Может, тут есть какая-то связь?

Хорошие взаимоотношения должны быть гибкими.

She had tried yoga, meditation, running, and swimming. So far, nothing cleansed the soul better than a Snickers bar. It was the ultimate therapy. It was cheap, and it could be carried in her bag.

Она произнесла «агент» так, как люди обычно произносят «жопа».