Blurb Bandits Mugs

"I'll recommend your book if you recommend mine."

'This is my partner. He'll be taking care of the small print.'

"First time pruning?"

Fishermen dread the spot where the lures hang heavy from the trees like Spanish moss.

Fish talking about fisherman

Artists of the wild west.

"Are you the one they call El Cóndor?"

Shore fishing requires threading the needle.

White Collar Crime.

Book Thief in True Crime Department

BLESS YOU

'They said before they start biting do we practice catch and release?'

"Don't do it - they're trying to beat us at our own game."

'I don't like it... It's too quiet.'

Bureau of Buzzwords

'Hey, you little punks wouldn't be trying to swamp me, would you?'

'You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off. . .!'

The Specimen Hunter

"Let it go. I was thinking of taking early retirement anyway."

Man fishing out of another man's fishing box.

Crime section.

Fisher being dragged along by catch.

'You can't join the Federal Witness Protection program just to keep your friends from seeing your bald spot.'

Plagiarism

4 pm MEET THE COPYCAT AUTHOR

'This is a stick-up! Hand over your fish!'

'No, Alex! This is our ‘A Penny For Your Thoughts' meeting. Stop throwing in your two cents worth!'

'Tell me the truth...does this dead body make me look fat?'

Help! Sold Short - And Where Did It Get Me?

After Office

"I've used 'Systemic Racism', 'White Privilege', 'Post-Racial Society' and 'Marginalized'"

'Could you help out a fellow fisherman down on his luck? I haven't had a bite in three days!'

'This catch and release thing is good, but Harry is abusing it.'

"I really like the author's characterizations, and her dialog is witty and well paced. . . the ending threw me off though, I never would have guessed the killer was the stepson.£

Fishing Terms: Lob Worm