Clare Chase > Quotes

“suffused with a feeling of dread. ‘A cold sweat’ wasn’t just an expression. And then the sound of the door creaking, and the scene inside. She was in there, of course, hanging. Her face was in shadow; the curtains were drawn. It was just her outline, her feet dangling, her hair long and as limp as she was. A shell. It was impossible to move, forward or back. The horror extended from seconds into minutes. And then the voice came from behind.”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“rather”
― Clare Chase, Mystery on Hidden Lane

“stepped forward she realised there must have been something on the edge of the doormat. She heard it slide off onto the wooden floorboards just after she’d kicked”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“hang”
― Clare Chase, Mystery at Southwood School

“had”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“had to give up on trying to guess at Blake’s train of thought and focus on some”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“treating”
― Clare Chase, Mystery on Hidden Lane

“Even now,”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“better”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“everyone”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“The house had been clean. Even now, the smell of bleach brought flashbacks with it. But almost all the details of that day were still clear. It was as though shock had fixed them – like a permanent negative print in the brain.”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“group.”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“in”
― Clare Chase, Mystery at the Church

“At seven in the morning, DI Garstin Blake was standing in the fellows’ garden of St Bede’s College, Cambridge, looking at a dead woman.”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“straight”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“When Eve drained her coffee and walked through at the appointed hour she felt like someone in an Agatha Christie novel, except that Palmer was no Poirot. The grand unveiling of the villain would have to wait”
― Clare Chase, Mystery at the Abbey Hotel

“It was the hooded figure that shocked Tara out of her alcohol-induced haze that night. She’d travelled the length of Riverside without noticing her surroundings – too bound up with the events of the day, its edges blurred by several shots of vodka. The sight of the person, standing perfectly still ahead of her, brought her back to reality. It was just a silhouette in the distance, almost invisible in the shadows of Stourbridge Common. She stared, but it was impossible to resolve the dark shape into anything more detailed. Someone from one of the houseboats? Or heading back towards Fen Ditton after an evening out in Cambridge? Perhaps they’d stopped for a pee or something. Behind them the open ground stretched on, empty and fading into blackness.”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“uncovering”
― Clare Chase, Mystery at the Church

“the”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“finds”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“blinkered”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“Haunted Lane is named for the ghosts of his men. If danger presses close in the village, you’re meant to hear their footsteps – the heavy thud of their feet as they run to try to find Isaac.”
― Clare Chase, Mystery on Hidden Lane

“necklace”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“that traditional place. Nearby, a blackbird sang. Blake’s phone rang.”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“stood”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“Emma”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“figure that shocked Tara out of her alcohol-induced haze that night. She’d travelled the length of Riverside without noticing her”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

“almost”
― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes

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― Clare Chase, Murder on the Marshes