Faith Martin > Quotes

“officious,”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“That so-called master of hounds was about as much use as a fart in a colander.”
― Faith Martin, Murder in the Village

“much older than you knew”
― Faith Martin, Murder on the Oxford Canal

“alacrity”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“précis.”
― Faith Martin, Murder at the University

“gainsaid”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“mitigating”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“has form.”
― Faith Martin, Murder at the University

“Hey,’ she said, shutting the door behind her, and making herself comfortable in the large padded chair facing his desk, without being asked. She had no need to stand on ceremony with Mel, who was one of her oldest friends. ‘How’s Janine?’ A few months ago, he’d married DS Janine Tyler, who’d been working on Hillary’s team for three years. Now, with the marriage, Janine had moved to Witney nick, and Hillary had a new DS.”
― Faith Martin, Murder in the Mansion

“Hillary thought. Someone get me”
― Faith Martin, Murder on the Oxford Canal

“desultory”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“Stewart Granger”
― Faith Martin, Murder at the University

“mollified.”
― Faith Martin, Murder on the Oxford Canal

“harridan”
― Faith Martin, Murder on the Oxford Canal

“Hope was a bitch. It tormented you far more than pain or grief ever did.”
― Faith Martin, Hillary's Final Case

“sotto voce”
― Faith Martin, Murder at the University

“I bloody well know she was dying,’ Walter corrected gruffly. ‘She told me. Cancer,’ he added succinctly. ‘And how did she take it?’ Hillary asked, then added quickly, ‘I mean, I know it must have been a shock. I’m sure she was angry, and upset, but generally speaking — did it make her very depressed, or was she more inclined to be scared or introspective? I’m sorry to be asking a question like this, especially over the telephone, but it might be important.’ Over the wire, Walter Keane sighed heavily. ‘Well, it rocked her a bit, of course,’ he agreed. ‘And she had a bit of a weep, like, when she told me. But Flo was never really one to let things get on top of her. She read up on this remission thing, where terminally ill people suddenly get better for a little while. Amazing thing that, not even the doctors know why. She often said she might go in for a bit of that, like. As if, by the power of positive thinking, she could make it happen.’ Walter”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“shop me to the bursar.”
― Faith Martin, Murder at the University

“Martha had never trusted skinny cooks.”
― Faith Martin, The Birthday Mystery

“But the old are more resilient than you think. They get used to bad indigestion, putting up with arthritis, gout, gammy legs, bad backs, you name it. They almost expect to hurt.”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“Ah, Val, you’re just the ticket,’ Arbie said gratefully. Val put one sturdy foot on the ground to balance herself and looked at him suspiciously. ‘Oh?’ This was not the sort of greeting she’d been expecting. In her experience, Arbie Swift usually lived up to his name whenever he saw her, and swiftly made excuses to depart.”
― Faith Martin, Murder by Candlelight

“roué”
― Faith Martin, Murder at the University

“oik”
― Faith Martin, Murder in the Village

“who want to run as MPs?’ Janine said, clarifying her shorthand. ‘And the current MP for this area suddenly announced that he is retiring next year, and”
― Faith Martin, Murder in the Village

“Jenny beamed at him. She liked to see a man eat. Well, she liked to see anybody eat.”
― Faith Martin, The Teatime Mystery

“gaol.”
― Faith Martin, Detective Hillary Greene Books 6–10

“As ever, she reached for pen and paper to do so. Sometimes a laptop and keyboard were just too impersonal and awkward for her.”
― Faith Martin, The Oxford Detective Society

“two”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Home

“stultifying”
― Faith Martin, Murder at Work

“Since coming to Kidlington, she’d managed to get on to Hillary’s boat, but the search had been disappointing and inconclusive. If her immediate boss knew where her late and unlamented husband had kept his money, it didn’t show. And she certainly hadn’t spent any of it —it was one of the first things Gemma had checked. Her car was ancient, and her home was still a bloody narrowboat of all things.”
― Faith Martin, Murder in the Mansion