If I'm Found Quotes
"Crisp dialogue and unexpected twists make this compulsive reading, and a final chapter cliffhanger leaves things poised for a sequel."
"Few writers do mystery/suspense better than Terri Blackstock."
"Blackstock’s newest novel, If I Run, is the best suspense novel I’ve read in decades."
"The exciting and heart-pounding conclusion to Blackstock’s Moonlighters trilogy is quite a thrill ride."
"A story rich with texture and suspense, this family murder mystery unfolds with fast pacing, a creepy clown murder suspect, and threatening blog visitor to boot."
"Good writing, well-honed descriptive details, compelling characters, and a conclusion that doesn’t succumb to pat answers keep the pages turning."
"Blackstock’s superior writing will keep readers turning pages late into the night to discover the identity of the culprit in this amazing mystery."
"The tension is palpable throughout and doesn’t let up until the very end."
"An enthralling read with an entirely unexpected conclusion makes the reader question if a sequel could be in the works."
"The intrigue and danger come to a dramatic culmination as the villain gets backed into a corner."
"A multilayered story of deception, greed, and secrets unravels at a perfect pace to keep readers interested and entertained."
"It's hard to argue with a double-amputee, nagging you about using the body that was spared."
"If you got a counselor, they would have to keep it confidential."
"The average person couldn't stay off the grid for as long as you have."
"People who don't understand PTSD—or any other normal vulnerability—shouldn't have the power to reverse my progress."
"My skin is thick enough to tolerate that ignorance in most people, but it's harder to stand it in people who are supposed to care."
"Sainthood isn't what people think. You should check out the Bible's definition."
"There's nothing right now that will convince them that the girl whose DNA was at the scene of their son's murder isn't a killer."
"I've been digging, investigating. I believe the things that you sent me—the things that were in Brent's file. They're true."
"You need help. You can't endure the things you've been through and handle it on your own. I know."
"That someone, anyone, would be praying for me."
"This is what happens when we contract outside help."
"When I find out who leaked this, somebody's getting fired."
"It's spectacular. It's scandalous. It's horrible and people like blood."
"I'm about to find out. Let me call you back."
"I want so badly to go home to see my little niece, breathe in the scent of her."
"You have been a beautiful picture of God’s love for me since the day I met you."
"Please remember me to the kids the way I was before the accusations, not after."
"I just keep acting like I’m mad at you, like I hope they find you so this will be over for all of us."
"Hannah, just tell them whatever they want to hear. You can’t let them think you’re a threat."
"I wish I could be like her and be oblivious to all this."
"But look at all they’ve gotten away with since then."
"You know, it’s horrible the way he was found. That’s the biggest clue I had that things weren’t right."
"I fill out some paperwork with my new name and social security number."
"Maybe I can get to know Cole and somehow convince him that suicide is not the way to go."
"Having this job will at least mean that I don’t have to keep leeching from my cash while I’m watching Candace Price."
"You’d have to come in through the house, but you could have kitchen privileges."
"I don’t plan to be here for six weeks, much less six months, but I go ahead and sign it."
"I’m excited about having a place that feels like a home, even if it isn’t mine."
"She’s Miranda, your new roommate. I told you I was going to have to rent out one of the rooms if you couldn’t pay your rent on time."
"I try to keep it clean in here. That’s my biggest fault, my daughter tells me."
"You paid me half, so you get to live in half. You don’t get the whole floor anymore."
"Look, if my being here is a problem, we can tear up the lease."
"He’s the best thing in this house. He’ll entertain you for hours."
"Don’t worry, I’m not gonna be like this all the time."
"The music director turns to the audience, indicating we can sing along."
"I won’t sleep again tonight. I can’t take that chance."
"It’s just a room upstairs. You’d have to come in through the house, but you could have kitchen privileges."
"Snarcastic. Like Godzilla’s angry stepsister."
"The government can’t just come in here and take them!"
"She’s got this idea that she’s been enabling me."
"Grand gestures that are supposed to shake me to my senses."
"If I can just work with Casey, we can take them down."
"She’ll be the aunt who’s mentioned in hushed tones, the one in pictures at her grandmother’s house, the one people don’t want to talk about openly."
"I had the chance to arrest her in Georgia and I didn’t. She’s free right now because of me."
"I know that Hannah has probably posted videos of Emma’s milestones, but I fight the urge to use one of my fake Facebook accounts to go see those latest pictures."
"I’ve only been to church a few times in my life, mostly for funerals and weddings."
"He’s thinking that he’s lost all control, that his life has entered some kind of new dimension, where nothing makes sense and everything is upside down."
"Getting involved. It’s going to get you killed. Please, just walk away from there. Don’t even look back."
"You can’t distract yourself with someone else’s tragedy when you have one of your own."
"It’s just all wrong. It shouldn’t be possible for you to lose your kids that easily."
"I don’t know a lot about God, but I know that he’s working on this."
"That’s garbage and you know it. I don’t want to be stronger. I want to have peace."
"They come out of your mouth the way you want them to happen. Jesus translates them to the Father, telling him what it is we really need."
"Sleep still evades me, and I find myself listening to models and actresses touting the magic properties of the latest skin care product."
"Despair rushes up in me to mushroom-cloud level, bursting out of me in a scream I mute with my fist."
"Minutes pass, but I can’t move. I feel my heart pounding, noise screaming in my ears, reality crushing me."
"Cole is dead. Nothing I’ve done has mattered."
"As I pack a bag to go to Dallas, hoping to see a return email pop up, my phone rings and I see that it’s Dex."
"My lungs lock when I see the emails that have come in from Casey."
"He’s out of town," he says. "I’m not really off. I’ve been working the"—he burps—"Cox case."
"But sleep still evades me. I can’t stop thinking about Cole’s death, and his children marked by that for the rest of their lives."
"My body is so tired that I don’t feel I can go on, so I finally make myself eat."
"Casey Cox, the woman accused of murdering Brent Pace in Shreveport, Louisiana, is still at large."
"I don’t stop to reapply my makeup. I don’t even stop to check out of the motel and get my overpayment back."
"I pull on my short red wig, and turn off the TV. There’s only one thing to do."
"I turn on the TV, make some coffee, and as I drink it, I hear Casey’s name."
"Scum of the earth! That guy has no business bothering Hannah."
"I go to Chief Gates’s office. His secretary stops me."
"I have to turn myself in to get the heat off Hannah."
"I like how at home your grin lines are around your eyes."
"Just because he's helping me doesn't mean he's in love with me. I'm lapping up his attention like a drug."
"If I promise that in the morning I'll go back to Dallas and see what I can find out, will you go lie down?"
"They think I killed Cole? How could they think—"
"But what about Ava? I can't leave her here, and I can't just abduct her."
"I have to go back. I have to find their truck. I know it's got evidence on it."
"Thank you for everything, Dylan. I mean it. God... life... truth... everything."