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  1. Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe

    envied. I gathered they'd just returned from some kind of bridge-oriented cruise in which baby slams and gourmet foods were served up in equal measure. Much talk of no-trump, double finesses, and Sheinwold, whose strategies they were
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  2. Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe

    My problem with country music is that I try to avoid the very situations the lyrics lament.
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  3. Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe

    Maybe life is just a straight shot from the horrors of grade school to the horrors of the nursing home.
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  4. Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe

    I used to have a crow named Albert. Bertie, when I got to know him better. I got him when he was just a little guy and had him for years. A young crow doesn't navigate well and they'll sometimes crash-land. They're called branchers at that age-that's about all they can do, lumber awkwardly from branch to branch. Sometimes they get stuck and they wail like babies until you get 'em down. Bertie must have bitten off a bit more than he could chew and he'd tumbled to the ground. I had a cat named Little John who brought him in, squawking hellishly. LJ and I had a tussle to see who was going to take possession. Fortunately for Bertie, I won the contest. He and the cat became friends later, but it was touch-and-go for a while there. LJ was pissed off because he thought this was Thanksgiving dinner and I was getting in his way {Dietz}
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  5. Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe

    ...He has all the uncanny intuitions of a psychopath. Have you ever dealt with one? It's almost like a form of mind-reading...
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  6. Sue Grafton _ G is for Gumshoe

    While I'm not a big fan of nature, its intractability amuses me to no end. {Kinsey Millhone}
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