Southern Cozy Mystery Quotes

Is there a doctor in the house? Bobby's voice floated into the room. My heart fluttered, just as it had the first time I'd met him, just as it did every time. The low timbre of his voice, combined with his rolling southern accent, made my pulse race and my palms sweat.... She is. Is there someone in need of medical attention? I answered, trying not to sound breathless but failing, as I always did.... Not answering but stopping right in front of me, placing his hands on my shoulders and leaning forward, the sexiest man in Georgia kissed me just a teeny bit senseless amid the dead bodies, antiseptic smells, and right in front of Reggie.

~ Julia Mills

Vidalia, open those eyes and look at me. As with all things, we do this together, Darlin'.

~ Julia Mills

I won't tell if you don't. I winked.Granny laughed.In the South, a wink speaks louder than words.

~ Tonya Kappes

How do you know about Leotta? It wasn't like I could tell him that Cephus Hardy was dead and right there about to give him the smackdown, nor could I tell him that I had seen his old Buick parked in front of Higher Ground when I acted like I had no idea he had a car and offered him a ride. Isn't she still married to Cephus Hardy? My eyes zeroed in on his facial expression. Cephus jumped around me and grabbed Terk by the neck. Yeah, you sonofabitch! Stop! I yelled, but it was too late.

~ Tonya Kappes

There were two things Southerners hated to see knocking on their door. Jehovah Witnesses, because the majority of us were Baptist, and the undertaker. It was understandable that when Terk Rhinehammer opened the door, his face turned white as all the blood was drained from it after he looked past me and saw my hearse. What's wrong? He used his hands to pat down his chest. I'm not dead, am I?

~ Tonya Kappes

I'll be glad when this election is over! Mary Anna yelled out the window of her car. She pulled the silver convertible classic Mercedes into the driveway of Eternal Slumber. I was mobbed by O'Dell's sister and my momma this morning before I even had my boobs tucked in.

~ Tonya Kappes

Jephus Hardy? Stunned. My jaw dropped when I saw Cephus Hardy walk up to me in the magazine aisle of Artie's Meat and Deli. I was admiring the cover of Cock and Feathers, where my last client at Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Chicken Teater, graced the cover with his prize Orloff Hen, Lady Cluckington.

~ Tonya Kappes