Marty Wingate > Quotes

“toothy”
― Marty Wingate, Christmas at Greenoak

“Mabel looked down at her wedding dress – silk with a square neckline and a satin-belted dropped waist. She wanted to wear it every day – were brides allowed to do that?”
― Marty Wingate, Murder of a Suffragette

“The detective story was a tale of subtlety and deviousness and characters and cups of tea, and—in the end—order out of chaos.”
― Marty Wingate, The Bodies in the Library

“even when you are faced with incontrovertible evidence”
― Marty Wingate, A Body on the Doorstep

“There was not a man in sight. Odd how that relaxed her.”
― Marty Wingate, A Body at the Dance Hall

“isn’t it very odd how our minds can make things up? We think we see one thing, but really we’ve seen something entirely different.” She”
― Marty Wingate, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

“marvelled”
― Marty Wingate, A Body on the Doorstep

“One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told, eight for a wish, nine for a kiss, ten for a bird that’s best to miss.”
― Marty Wingate, The Rhyme of the Magpie

“complete,”
― Marty Wingate, The Complete Birds of a Feather Mysteries

“And you’re in shock,” he added. “But I’ve already had a cup of tea.”
― Marty Wingate, The Librarian Always Rings Twice

“retained”
― Marty Wingate, A Body on the Doorstep

“Mama… Mama is the kind of person who doesn’t have any confidence in herself and so she thinks she needs to act like she does, so she puffs up and sort of bullies people.”
― Marty Wingate, A Body at the Dance Hall

“acquiescence”
― Marty Wingate, A Body on the Doorstep