Susanna Gregory > Quotes

“What was Yolande doing with Mayor Horwoode?" he asked, puzzled by the curious chain of informants who had provided Matilde with the piece of gossip in the first place.
Edith and her husband exchanged an amused glance. "Well, she is a prostitute, Matt," said Stanmore dryly. "So, I expect they were talking about needlework.”
― Susanna Gregory, A Masterly Murder

“We must bring an end to this before we are all torn to—’ ‘No one will touch de Stannell and me,’ averred Bon confidently. ‘We are members of the Guild of Saints, which is loved for its charity.’ ‘Not since you have taken the food from the mouths of widows and beggars,’ said Bartholomew warningly. ‘Which is why you killed Knyt, of course – a man who was beginning to baulk at the amount of money Winwick wanted. And you tried to kill Michael with poisoned cakes, while you succeeded in dispatching Hemmysby with a gift – no doubt sent after he overheard you making plans to burgle Michaelhouse.’ Bon’s milky eyes narrowed. ‘I killed Hemmysby for humiliating me at the”
― Susanna Gregory, Death of a Scholar

“the previous weeks – a combination of being”
― Susanna Gregory, The Killer Of Pilgrims: The Sixteenth Chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew