Janice Frost > Quotes

“urge to jump up straight away. He lay unmoving and alert, listening out for the slightest sound. The cottage was old and there were often noises —creaks and bangs and scratchings —that he knew were not ghosts but just the normal sounds an old house makes. The waiting was torture. Finally, at ten past midnight Zak kicked his duvet aside and swung his legs over the side of the bed. He was already fully clothed. He retrieved a bag from under his bed, a small backpack that he’d packed earlier for his night-time excursion. It contained a torch, a pair of gloves and his mobile phone.”
― Janice Frost, Her Husband's Secret

“bedroom”
― Janice Frost, The Complete Merry & Neal Mysteries

“When they arrived back at Debbie’s flat, Nancy searched the kitchen cupboards and the fridge for something”
― Janice Frost, The Complete Merry & Neal Mysteries

“Depends what you mean by strict. I set boundaries. There was discipline. I hope I taught them to be good people.” “My parents let my brother and I do pretty much whatever we wanted. Most kids would envy that, but it’s a form of neglect, don’t you think, not caring what your children are up to?” Jane”
― Janice Frost, Murder Among Friends

“The notion of women having agency over their own lives was evidently distasteful to him.”
― Janice Frost, Murder Among Friends

“she’d become so inured to the sight that she feared she’d become desensitised.”
― Janice Frost, Murder Among Friends

“her he was used”
― Janice Frost, Her Husband's Secret

“Dale is kind of negative, like he can suck all the good energy out of you. Do you know what I mean?”
― Janice Frost, Murder Among Friends

“I’m fascinated by connections and coincidences. There are forces at work in the world that operate beyond our level of understanding.”
― Janice Frost, Murder Among Friends

“and as they stepped out, all eyes turned to the window to admire the view of the cathedral after which the residence had been named. Neal and Ava trod springy new carpeting down a long corridor until they came to Simon Foster’s flat. Loud music boomed from within; Brandon Flowers singing about Mr Brightside. Ava began to sing and from the sound of it, at least three male voices inside the room were doing the same. The sound”
― Janice Frost, Dead Secret

“Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.”
― Janice Frost, Murder Among Friends