Reading Crime Novels Gifts

"He misspoke, I misheard, then shots rang out."

Gangster "I'm thinking of getting back into crime, Luigi, - legitimate business is too corrupt"

'Sorry, I don't want to get involved.'

"Give me your name, address, and date of birth."

'What is YOUR parole officer's body doing in MY refrigerator!?!'

"Talking of contracts, darling, I've just signed one myself."

"So long, Tortellini, it's an offer you can't defuse."

"I want you to bring him back, in pieces."

"Quit calling me 'boss.' You ratted me out. I ain't your stinkin' boss no more."

'Don't worry about my husband. He's never home early since he started working for the mafia.'

Last to arrive at the pigeon crime family's weekly meeting, Tony ponders if there's any significance to his seating assignment or if he's just paranoid.

'I was warned not to talk to you about anything!'

WARDEN, 'You're a bad influence around here, Murdock!'

'She kept asking me to say what was on my mind so I did. She told her analyst and then the FBI.'

'You know too much!'

"It's a popular size - much bigger and you won't get the body in the trunk."

'I hate it when you bring your work home!'

Mind if I come in and have a look around? I have a warrant. Never date the guy investigating your husband's mysterious disappearance.

'Congratulations, Louigi. You're going to be a made man!'

'Yes inspector, it's another cold blooded murder!'

"So, uh, how much is it to store a self?"

'Ok, listen up. This nasty piece of work is 'Maurice'. Aka 'The Space Cowboy' aka 'The Gangster of Love'.'

"How could this happen? I was a meticulous bookkeeper -- with both sets."

"Unfortunately, I stole the identity of a person with an outstanding warrant."

"God helps those who help themselves. So I helped myself."

"Maybe now your sponge cake will be moist."

Double Robbed

'Oh, how moving, it's a woodland burial, Dennis.'

"Is this your first time with an undercover cop?"

Eddie (The Sandman) Fasolino

"There goes that new-car smell."

"Just out of curiosity, are you with organized crime or are you an independent?"

"We can do this the hard way, or we can do this the easy peasy lemon squeezy way."

How many times do I gotta tell you? You're only supposed to eat the evidence if you get caught.

"Mobster culture"