Mrs. Whitaker found the Holy Grail; it was under a fur coat.

(Neil Gaiman, Chivalry, 1993)

Debbie talked to the dead.

(Peter James, Wish You Were Dead, 2021)

"Do you remember," said Leonard McCoy, "when I stole your cadaver?"

(Diane Duane, Doctor's Orders, 1990)
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The thing that surprised him most about dying was how very much it hurt.

(Diane Duane, The Door into Sunset, 1991)
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If Ronnie Wilson had known, as he woke up, that in just a couple of hours he would be dead, he would have planned his day somewhat differently.

(aus: Peter James, Dead Man's Footsteps, 2008)

The wall whispers to him with splintered wooden lips. 'They'll worship you. They'll worship you. They'll worship you...'

(Aus: A Dark so Deadly, Stuart MacBride, 2017)
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My calendar is full of dead people.

(Jodi Picoult, The Book of Two Ways, 2020)
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